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Paratacamite On Native Copper

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Paratacamite On Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Black Rock Lode, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm
Description

A fine filigree cluster of native copper crystals partly altered to cuprite and encrusted with blusih green crystals paratacamite. An older specimen collected in the 1970's in the Opencut by George Stacy

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paratacamite

Formula: 
Cu3(Cu,Zn)(OH)6Cl2
Strunz: 
3.DA.10c
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Generosa Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Earthstones Australia

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