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Carbonatecyanotrichite & Brochantite

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Carbonatecyanotrichite & Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

A very rich specimen featuring dozens blue balls of carbonatecyanotrichite with emerald green brochantite

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...

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...