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Botallackite from
Sounion Mine No. 19, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Botallackite
Formula:Cu2(OH)3Cl
Comments:See kapellasite.

Initially all crystals of similar chemical composition from this mine were labeled as botallackite, but later it was discovered that they were actually a new mineral: kapellasite. Since its discovery all analyses showed that the crystals considered to be botallackite were actually kapellasite.

However on a specimen discovered by Mr. Heinz Fabritz some crystals resembling well crystallized kapellasite were analyzed and found to be true botallackite with a distinguishing Zn:Cu ratio of 1:9, which is nowhere near that necessary to for kapellasite (1:3).
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Atacamite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Botallackite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sounion Mine No. 19, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59961
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59961:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Botallackite
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘEsperanza Mine, Kaminiza mines, Km 3, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
References
Gröbner, J., Kolitsch, U. (2002) Neufunde von Laurion aus den Jahren 2001 und 2002. Der Aufschluss, 53 (5-6). 363-371
 
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