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Langite & Brochantite & Devilline & Posnjakite

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Langite & Brochantite & Devilline & Posnjakite

ex. dealer stock Peter Bosse (Kassel/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Frieden Shaft, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Nice langite with brochantite, devilline and posnjakite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Langite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath, St Austell 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...

Devilline

Formula: 
CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK

Posnjakite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Nura-Taldy W deposit, Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...