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Cyanotrichite & Chalcophyllite

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Cyanotrichite & Chalcophyllite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Blue tufts of cyanotrichite and green tabular small groups of chalcophyllite from a well known French classic locality. There are also other green arsenates, probably cornwallite, cornubite and more.

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Chalcophyllite

Formula: 
Cu18Al2(SO4)3(AsO4)3(OH)27·33H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0

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