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Liskeardite

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Liskeardite

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Locality: 
Marke Valley Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm
Description

Snow white spheres of acicular liskeardite crystals line the numers cavities through this specimen, in places the liskeardite has a yellowish hue  and in others a light robins egg blue colour. In one cavitiy a botyroidal layer of golden slightly irridenscent limonite or siderite has covered the liskeardite providing an attractive contrast

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liskeardite

Formula: 
[(Al,Fe)32(AsO4)18(OH)42(H2O)22]·52H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Marke Valley Mine, Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
Earthstones Australia

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