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Brochantite & Fluorite

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Brochantite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Blanchard Claims, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.8 × 3.2 cm
Description

Green needles of brochantite with aclear fluorite cube

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...

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic