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Turquoise

#PD30826

Turquoise

#PD30826
Availability
Sold
Size
5 x 5 x 3 cm - Miniature 
Formula
Unavailable
Locality
Bunny mine, St. Austell dist., Cornwall, England
Tagged
phosphate

The Bunny mine was the locality in which Rashleighite was first described. This specimen is a nice sky blue nodule of Turquoise. Comes with an old Barstow label.

Turquoise

Formula
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2
Crystal System
Triclinic 
Crystal Habit
Concretionary, Massive, Encrustations 
Cleavage
Perfect, Good, None 
Luster
Waxy 
Color
blue, blue green, green, green gray, light blue 
Streak
pale bluish white 
Class
Triclinic - Pinacoidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
5-6 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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