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Chalcanthite

Southwest Scientific circa 1960s
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm
Description

A single crystal of chacanthite from Morenci.   This from from a small lot of several such crystals I purchased years ago which originally retained a Southwest Scientific label from the 1960s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcanthite

Formula: 
CuSO4·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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