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Spertiniite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Sky blue crystals of the rare mineral spertiniite of the very simple chemistry since it is Cu(OH)2 in a white contrasting matrix and from the type locality.

Very nice under the microscope !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spertiniite

Formula: 
Cu(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FD.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Jeffrey Mine ("Johns-Manville Mine"), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada...

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