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Ktenasite

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Description
Locality: 
Veneziana Gallery, Monte Trisa Mines, Mercanti Valley, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.3 × 0.1 cm
Description

Sea green ktenasite crystals from the Monta Trisa mines (montetrisaite). The Monta Trisa mines are a group of several short galleries that were mined for lead. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ktenasite

Formula: 
Zn(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece