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Cyanotrichite Chalcoalumite Brochantite & Antlerite

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Cyanotrichite Chalcoalumite Brochantite & Antlerite

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Description
Locality: 
Grand View Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

Deep blue radiating balls of cyanotrichite scattered over a matrix with small brochantite crystals and pale green bubbly chalcoaluminite.

The previous label list antlerite, although antlerite is not present to my knowledge at this mine, so maybe this is chalcophyllite.

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

Chalcoalumite

Formula: 
CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.75
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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...

Antlerite

Formula: 
Cu3(SO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Antler Mine (Antler Gold Mine; Spuyten Duyvel Mine), Arrastra Mt., Hualapai District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
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