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Description: | Aurichalcite is an uncommon pale blue mineral that contains zinc and copper. It is very soft, and often occurs as small tufts of very fine needle shaped crystals. This example consists of small pale blue aggregates, with quartz and chalcopyrite. It was collected from Windy Brow, Garigill near Alston, in Cumbria. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | rocks and minerals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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