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Rosasite

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Rosasite

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Description
Locality: 
Barbara Mine, Agia Varvara Mines, Sounion, Lavrion District, Attica, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Very nice combo of calcite and rosasite. Some calcite crystals grew over the rosasite standing this entrapped within it.

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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