Mineralpedia Details for Rouaite
Rouaite
- Formula
- Cu2NO3(OH)3
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Euhedral Crystals, Aggregates, Equant Grains
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- dark emerald green
- Streak
- green
- Class
- Monoclinic - Sphenoidal
- Fracture
- Splintery
- Hardness
- -
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Rouaite from Jachymov, Erzgegirge, Bohemia, Czech Republic
A rich specimen with sparkly green platey crystals to about 0.75mm. This is an extremely good specimen with coverage in an area of 2 x 1.5cm.
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Rouaite from Coquimbo, Chile
Dull earthy green Rouaite on Copper with Cuprite. There is a bit of good information on the Gunnar Farber label with the specimen. Gunnar states that this specimen is from an old museum, although he does not state what museum.
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