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Claraite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Les Ferreres Mine, Rocabruna, Camprodon, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.2 × 0.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
11.00gr
Description

Electric blue flaky claraite crystals with good lustre, associated a white aragonite spray. I haven't looked with detail at the specimen, alhtough the paragenesis usually hosts theisite as well.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Claraite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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