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Cornwallite

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Description
Locality: 
María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Intensive green cornwallite crystals in several vugs of the matrix.

Very rich specimen - collected 1998.

PXRD analyzed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cornwallite

Formula: 
Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK