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Cyanotrichite With Chrysocolla

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Cyanotrichite With Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Qinglong Mine, Qinglong County, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
12.00gr
Description

Lovely cyanotrichite thumbnail with intersting chrysocolla association.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cyanotrichite

Formula: 
Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Moldova Nouă (Neumoldowa), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

Chrysocolla

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