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Strashimirite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Description

Good coverage of pale blue / green strashimirite on chenevixite, quartz matrix.

A rare specimen which comes with several labels of which one is from the late Peter Golley collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strashimirite

Formula: 
Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.12
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zapachitsa Cu deposit (Zapacica), Bov, Svoge Obshtina, Sofiya Oblast (Sofia Oblast), Bulgaria