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Namuwite & Connellite

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Namuwite & Connellite

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Description
Locality: 
Madonna di Fucinaia Slag Locality, Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Exceptional combination of two colorful minerals: blue acicular connellite and green tabular hexagonal namuwite. Exceptionally nice micromount under the microscope !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Namuwite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.50
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Sea green
Type Locality: 
Aberllyn Mine, Betws-y-coed, Gwydyr Forest area, Conwy (Gwynedd; Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK

Connellite

Formula: 
Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4·3H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Providence, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, St Ives District, Cornwall, England, UK

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