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Linarite Brochantite & Nsutite

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Linarite Brochantite & Nsutite

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Description
Locality: 
Dos Adrianas Mine, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Weight: 
104.00gr
Description

Spectacular and very esthetic group of linarite crystals of electric blue color and brochantite crystals of luminous green color, accompanied by globular rosasite and black nsutite on rock matrix. A classic of this famous Chilean mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Nsutite

Formula: 
(Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2
Strunz: 
4.DB.15c
Hardness: 
6.5 - 8.0
Type Locality: 
Nsuta Mine (Insuta Mine; Nsuta-Gaywin Manganese concession; Nsuta-Wassaw), Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghana

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