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Chalcanthite

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Chalcanthite

Ex Dr. Schönfelder Collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Troulli Quarry, Larnaca District, Cyprus
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.5 × 4.1 cm
Description

Solid masses and slightly indistinctive crystals of deep blue, glassy Chalcanthite on minor matrix. A good and colourful specimen from the classic Cyprian locale. This stuff is really hard to come by nowadays.

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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