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Connellite & Botallackite

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Connellite & Botallackite

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Description
Locality: 
Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Crusts of deep blue connellite coating both sides of the matrix with patches of small, turquoise botallackite blades.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Botallackite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10b
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK
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