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礦物之美(絨銅礦-Cyanotrichite)

CYANOTRICHITE Cu4Al2SO4(OH)12·2H2O (orthorhombic) . blue to whitish fibrous mats . Coconino County, Arizona . 絨銅礬細小針狀.毛狀結晶覆蓋整個岩面上,如鋪上一層深藍色∼azure to sky blue 的地毯. 硬度3,絲狀光澤,產於銅礦的氧化地帶.少見之礦.cyano=藍; trich=毛髮.與 brochantite, smithsonite, malachite and azurite 伴生.

著名產地∼Laurium, Greece; Leadhills, Scotland; Russia; South Africa; Arizona, Nevada and Utah, USA and France.

經典名礦欣賞
NO.501