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Serpierite On Tenorite & Cuprite Psm Copper

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Serpierite On Tenorite & Cuprite Psm Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Elliott Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm
Description

A very aesthetic, flower bouquet-shaped copper crystal cluster from the well-known Mt. Elliott Mine of Australia. This cluster is now black with a coating of tenorite ranging from powdery black through to small block crystals , associated with dark cuprite crystals, dark green atacamite and finally fine snail trails of light blue serpierite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Serpierite

Formula: 
Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Tenorite

Formula: 
CuO
Strunz: 
4.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
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