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Aurichalcite & Goethite

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Aurichalcite & Goethite

Lanzi Mine
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm
Description

Rich specimen with nice crystals of Aurichalcite, very beautiful needles, particular bright and turquoise coloured and with small crystals of goethite spherical from this italian classic locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Hollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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