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Langite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Copello-Reppia Prospect, Reppia, Genoa Province, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 2.3 cm
Weight: 
81.00gr
Description

An extensive carpet of millimeter  crystals with   characteristic aqua blue color. Some crystals up t o1 mm side have the characteristic star crystallization.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Langite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK