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Cuproroméite

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Cuproroméite

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Description
Locality: 
Piesky, Špania Dolina, Banská Bystrica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.2 × 5 cm
Description

Large yellow-green cuproroméite from Špania Dolina. Cuproroméite is a product of tetrahedrite weathering. There is also minor malachite present.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuproroméite

Formula: 
Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
4.DH.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring District (Blind Spring Hill District; Benton District), Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA