#ramsbeckite

[underthescopemineral]

Ramsbeckite              

Cu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O

Locality:

Veneziana Gallery, Monte Trisa Mines, Mercanti Valley, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

1 mm green-emerald Ramsbeckite crystal (the grey material are the play dough).

Photo Matteo Chinellato

Rarely formed by supergene oxidation in dump materials and slag.

[mineralogasm]

Ramsbeckite and Linarite from Bastenberg Mine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

[libutron]

Ramsbeckite crystals | ©National Museum Wales/D.I. Green 

Ramsbeckite crystals (1.5 mm), from Penrhiw Mine, Wales, UK.

This is a rare sulfated mineral just discovered in 1984 in Germany (Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia), but also found in other localities in Europe, North America and Japan.

Reference: [1]

[ifuckingloveminerals]

Ramsbeckite

Veneziana Gallery, Monte Trisa Mines, Mercanti Valley, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

[fuckyeahmineralogy]

Ramsbeckite; Ochsen Hutte, Harz, Germany