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Liroconite & Clinoclase

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Liroconite & Clinoclase

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

Electric blue bladed liroconite crystals , many partly coated with chrysocolla around a cluster of blueblack clinoclase crystals

 

Acquired in 1998 from J & D Leach Collection #2229

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liroconite

Formula: 
Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Clinoclase

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
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