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Cornubite Olivenite & Conichalcite

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Cornubite Olivenite & Conichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Pastrana, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.6 × 1 cm
Description

Groups of radial pale greenish white lames of cornubite with bright conichalcite balls and long thin dark green olivenite. Very nice under the lens.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cornubite

Formula: 
Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic Probably
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK

Olivenite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Carharrack Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Conichalcite

Formula: 
CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
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