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Mottramite Pseudomalachite & Rosasite

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Mottramite Pseudomalachite & Rosasite

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Description
Locality: 
Capricorni Mine, Cachiyuyo de Oro, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Colourful and nice specimen of olive green acicular mottramite and associated to dark green pseudomalachite and bluish green globular rosasite. Very nice under the microscope!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK

Pseudomalachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

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