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Clinoclase & Cornwallite With Cornubite

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Clinoclase & Cornwallite With Cornubite

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Description
Locality: 
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope, Pershing County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm
Description

Clinoclase and cornwallite with cornubite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinoclase

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Cornwallite

Formula: 
Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Cornubite

Formula: 
Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic Probably
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK