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Penberthy Croft Mine (Wheal Fancy), St Hilary, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
© Steve Rust
| Colour: | White, greenish ... | Lustre: | Silky |
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| Name: | From the Greek λευκός for "white" and χαλκός for "copper," in allusion to the colour and composition, containing copper. | ||
Classification of Leucochalcite | ||||||
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Physical Properties of Leucochalcite | ||||||
| Lustre: | Silky | |||||
| Colour: | White, greenish white;colourless in transmitted light. | |||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||
References for Leucochalcite | ||||||
| Reference List: | Sandberger, Petersen (1881) Jb. Min.: I: 263. Larsen, E.S. (1921) The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals, First edition, USGS Bulletin 679: 100. Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 930. | |||||
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