Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Liroconite

Views:
Watches:
MMM30297

Liroconite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

Sharp blue liroconite crystals 1.5 -2 mm in size associated with olivenite in gossan matrix.

There are also many composite crystals scattered on the sides and back of the specimen.

Wonderful under a lens

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liroconite

Formula: 
Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK