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Olivenite & Cornubite

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Olivenite & Cornubite

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Description
Locality: 
Wallace Gully Prospect, Yudnamutana, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Range, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Bright, lusterous acicular crystals of dark green olivenite richly scattered across the display face of this specimen with light blue green cornubite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Olivenite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Carharrack Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Cornubite

Formula: 
Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic Probably
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
Earthstones Australia

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