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Aurichalcite

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Locality: 
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.4 × 3.1 cm
Description

Beautiful blue-green aurichalcite tufts on limonite matrix with very minor hemimorphite. I got this piece from a collection strong in Italian minerals, I did not seen before any aurichalcite from Monteponi and, in fact, I though it was Mexican, but it seems to be Italian.

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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
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