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Liroconite

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Liroconite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Description

A beautiful thumbnail size specimen of liroconite from it's type locality.   This specimen really has it all, sharp crystals, a glowing color, and the only damage is around the edges of the specimen, none whatsoever in the central vug.   Quite an ideal thumbnail for the species!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liroconite

Formula: 
Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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