| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Aurichalcite |
| Formula: | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Comments: | Analyses by SEM-EDS at the University of New Orleans Lab, New Orleans, USA (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster). |
| Habit: | Crusts of acicular micro-crystals. The crystals may form a carpet of standing needles, or be formed of matted, jack-straw, crystals |
| Colour: | Bluish-green to blue, more rarely green. |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | SEM-EDS |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Aurichalcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 27960 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:27960:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
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Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA