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Tenorite & Paratacamite

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Tenorite & Paratacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2 × 5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Nice shiny Tenorite crystals cluster up to 2 mm with green Paratacamite crystals up to 2 mm (lava of the 1872)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Paratacamite

Formula: 
Cu3(Cu,Zn)(OH)6Cl2
Strunz: 
3.DA.10c
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Generosa Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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Postage Area Price
ITALY
9.50
EUROPE ( AREA 1)
13.50
AMERICAN - UK - ASIA - AFRICA - OCEANIA ( AREA 2/3):
11

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