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Aurichalcite

a mineral placed by Dana under the fourth section of his hydrous carbonates. It occurs in acicular crystals, forming drusy incrustations; also columnar, plumose, granular, or laminated. Its luster is pe pearly; its color, pale-green, or sometimes azure. It is found in England at Roughten Gill, in Cumberland; at Leadhills, in Lanarkshire; in Spain, Asia, and the United States. Buratite, by some called lime- AURORA aurichalcite, occurs in France and in Austro-Hungary.

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