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Aurichalcite & Rosasite

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Aurichalcite & Rosasite

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Description
Locality: 
Chah Kuh, Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Limonitic matrix with nice crystals of auricalcite and small spheres of rosasite. Collected from H.J. Wilke about 1975.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

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