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Olivenite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Muttrall, St Day, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Gossan matrix with Olivenite throughout. A couple of small vugs showing olive-green elongated prismatic crystals. The pale blue mineral is an unknown.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Olivenite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Carharrack Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
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