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Chrysocolla & Libethenite

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Chrysocolla & Libethenite

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Description
Locality: 
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 4.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

Isolated libethenite crystals are scattered across their matrix, in places forming small jumbles. These libethenite crystals have been collected with chrysocolla and then also partly or completely dissolved leaving chrysocolla casts. This specimen was collected from the opencut operation at Burra in the late 1970's or early 1980's

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysocolla

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

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Earthstones Australia

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