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Zippeite On Brochantite

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Zippeite On Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Posey Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.6 × 15 × 5 cm
Description

Small yellow zippeite on green brochantite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zippeite

Formula: 
K3(UO2)4(SO4)2O3(OH)·3H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Elias Mine, Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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...