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Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Intense emerald green sprays of brochantite on quartz rich matrix. A colourful and rich specimen from the famous Arizona locality. The coppersulfate brochantite is named after French mineralogist André-Jean-Francois-Marie Brochant de Villiers (1772-1840)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...
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