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Chrysocolla Psm Aurichalcite

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Chrysocolla Psm Aurichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Three Metals Mine, Weepah District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after aurichalcite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

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