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Name
Conichalcite
Chemistry
CaCuAsO4(OH) Calcium Copper Arsenate Hydroxide
Uses
As a specimen and also as an ore of copper
Color
Different shades of green.
Hardness
4.5
Specific gravity
4.32 It is a heavy mineral, due to the copper content
Streak
Green
Crystals
(Orthohombic) Crusts of acicular and botryoidal coatings.
Accompanied by:
Malachite, adamite, cuproadamite, olivenite and smithsonite
Similar to:
Mottramite and Duftite and malachite
Conicalcite is formed in oxidation zones of copper by hydrothermal water that reacts to copper sulfide. Our conichalcite comes from Tsumeb, Namibia.
