Mineralpedia Details for Tyrolite
Tyrolite
- Formula
- Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Radial, Platy, Botryoidal
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Pearly
- Color
- blue, blue green, green blue, light green
- Streak
- pale blue
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle - Sectile
- Hardness
- 1.5-2
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Tyrolite from Horný Bartolomej mine, Novoveská Huta, Košice, Slovakia
Radial platy crystals to 1.5cm across.
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