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Agardite-(Y) & Chrysocolla

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Agardite-(Y) & Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

A rich coverage of fine acicular trasparent light green agardite Y crystals on a translucent light blue botyroidal chrysocolla on a cherty msawn matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Agardite-(Y)

Formula: 
YCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour District, Djebel Saghro (Jbel Saghro), Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Earthstones Australia

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