Minerals / Woodwardite, Ireland

Woodwardite is a rare Hydrated Copper Sulfate found in weathered deposits at copper mines. The habit is usually described as botrioidal, as in malachite. These specimens however are simply encrustations. The specimens come from a type locality which is Castletown Bearhaven Copper Mines in County Cork, Ireland.  

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