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Brochantite is a
sulfate mineral, one of a
number of
cupric sulfates. Its
chemical formula is Cu4SO4(OH)6.
Formed in arid
climates or in
rapidly oxidizing...
- (such as air
pollution or sea winds)
typically favour the
formation of
brochantite or atacamite.
Malachite can also be
produced synthetically, in which...
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include malachite, olivenite, quartz, limonite, adamite, azurite, and
brochantite among others.
Clinoclase was
discovered in 1830 in the
county of Cornwall...
- A
specimen of
Brochantite from the
Lavender Pit...
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similar in many
respects to
other copper minerals such as
malachite and
brochantite,
though it can be
distinguished from the
former by a lack of effervescence...
- ****ociated
minerals include:
Calcite and its polymorph, aragonite, both CaCO3
Brochantite, Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 Chalcopyrite, CuFeS2 Malachite, Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Melanterite...
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sources describe the main
copper salt in
natural verdigris as Cu4SO4(OH)6 (
brochantite).
Still other sources describe it as
basic copper carbonate (Cu2CO3(OH)2)...
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Meridianiite MgSO4·11H2O
Melanterite FeSO4·7H2O
Antlerite Cu3SO4(OH)4
Brochantite Cu4SO4(OH)6
Alunite KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Jarosite KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 IMA-CNMNC...
- the
Kennecot Copper Mine in
Bingham Canyon, West
Valley City, Utah.
Brochantite (emerald green) and chrysocolla, from the
Rokana Mine,
Zambian Copperbelt...
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named after the
Linares Plateau, Spain. It
occurs in ****ociation with
brochantite, anglesite, caledonite, leadhillite, cerussite,
malachite and hemimorphite...
