Switch currency

Turquoise & Libethenite

Views:
Watches:
SER1069925

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Mount Oxide Mine, Mount Gordon, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm
Description

a good coverture of blue turquoise crystals hosting green libethenite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia