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Linarite Brochantite & Gypsum

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Linarite Brochantite & Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Argent Mines, Delmas, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 0.7 cm
Description

Blue linarite with tiny green brochantite and clear gypsum.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

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...

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.