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Title:
Olivenite
Object name(s):
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; OXIDE
Brief description:
Olivenite growths on a copper oxide mass. Olivenite has a silky lustre and appears as fibrous masses ~0.5cm across. Distinct dark green colour with a brownish/green streak and a hardness of 3.
Collection:
University of St Andrews
Inscription content:
Arsenistes of Copper
Object name:
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; OXIDE
Object number:
GE11806
Object production date:
Date - latest:
1849
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5196d272-ac97-3a71-8a9e-aa0985a0bd77

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5196d272-ac97-3a71-8a9e-aa0985a0bd77, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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