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Ulrichite, Turquoise


Ulrichite : CaCu(UO2)[PO4]2 · 4H2O, Turquoise : Cu(Al,Fe3+)6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2 · 4H2O

Photo Copyright © Jean-Marc Johannet  - This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Field of view: 3mm,
Apple green Ulrichite crystals with blue turquoise balls.
Specimen collected by Jack Leach & Dermot Henry in mid 1988. Previously in Jack & Dawn Leach collection (N°1096) donated to Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. It was traded to me in 2007.
Jack Leach (1927-2005) was President of the Mineralogical Society of Victoria between 1990 and 1993 and long-serving volunteer in the Mineralogy Department of Museum Victoria.

Photo & Collection: JM.Johannet.

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