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Connellite & Brochantite

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Connellite & Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Ingadanais Mine, Vila Velha de Rodão, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm
Description

A very good coverage of blue sprays of connellite and green brochantite sprays. The headphoto was Picture of the Day on Mindat on the 14th May 2007.
Beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Connellite

Formula: 
Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4·3H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Providence, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, St Ives District, Cornwall, England, UK

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...
Cartils Minerals

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