Botallackite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Cligga Head, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England
- Minerals
- Botallackite
- Dimensions
- 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- LV126
Bright blue/green crystals of Botallackite on matrix. Botallackite is a rare copper oxychloride and can form where Copper ore meets saltwater. At the Cligga Mine, the Copper ore body extends out to the edge of cliffs along the ocean where the Botallackite formed.