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Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm
Description

Spiky specimen of Brochantite needles from Los Azules mine, Atacama Region, Chile. It displays vibrant dark green acicular sprays of Brochantite. The crystals are very delicate with strong sparkling appearance. In very good condition - some small contacts. On acrylic base.

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Shipping weight up to 0.500kg

#16604

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...