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Grandviewite & Cyanotrichite & Brochantite

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Grandviewite & Cyanotrichite & Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Grand View Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 6 × 3.3 cm
Description

Light blue grandviewite, blue cyanotrichite and green brochantite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grandviewite

Formula: 
Cu3Al9(SO4)2(OH)29
Strunz: 
7.BB.60
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Grand View Mine (Last Chance Mine; No. 1 Pat claim 3591; No. 5 Pat claim 3592a; No. 4 Pat claim 3592a; Canyon Copper Mine; Grand Canyon Mine), Horseshoe Mesa, Grandview District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

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

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...