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Carbonatecyanotrichite

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Carbonatecyanotrichite

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Description
Locality: 
Qinglong Mine, Qinglong County, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
39.00gr
Description

I'll have to let the pictures tell the story, but note that on this piece there is a mix of small, tight tufts as well as intense blue velvety sprays, in some areas the small tufts are a lot lighter. They all grew on a drusy quartz breccia. No damage. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carbonatecyanotrichite

Formula: 
Cu4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Balasauskandyk V Deposit, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...