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Brochantite is a sulfate mineral, one of a number of cupric sulfates.Its chemical formula is Cu 4 SO 4 (OH) 6. [2] [3] [4] Formed in arid climates or in rapidly oxidizing copper sulfide deposits, it was named by Armand Lévy for his fellow Frenchman, geologist and mineralogist A. J. M. Brochant de Villiers.
Anglesite's color is white or gray with pale yellow streaks. It may be dark gray if impure. It was first recognized as a mineral species by William Withering in 1783, who discovered it in the Parys copper-mine in Anglesey ; the name anglesite, from this locality, was given by F. S. Beudant in 1832.
Rhassoul, or ghassoul (Moroccan Arabic: الغاسول, romanized: l-ġasul), is a cosmetic made of natural mineral clay mined from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. It is mixed with water, sometimes with herbs or other substances, to clean the body. It has been used by Moroccan women on their skin and hair for centuries.
Geology of Morocco. The geology of Morocco formed beginning up to two billion years ago, in the Paleoproterozoic and potentially even earlier. It was affected by the Pan-African orogeny, although the later Hercynian orogeny produced fewer changes and left the Maseta Domain, a large area of remnant Paleozoic massifs. During the Paleozoic ...
Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with chemical composition MnCO 3.In its pure form (rare), it is typically a rose-red colour, [5] but it can also be shades of pink to pale brown.
Pyrolusite is a mineral consisting essentially of manganese dioxide (Mn O 2) and is important as an ore of manganese. [7] It is a black, amorphous appearing mineral, often with a granular, fibrous, or columnar structure, sometimes forming reniform crusts.
Unusual specimen of goethite replacing a gypsum stalactite; the center is hollow.From Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico.. Goethite (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr t aɪ t /, [6] [7] US also / ˈ ɡ oʊ θ aɪ t / [8] [9]) is a mineral of the diaspore group, consisting of iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, specifically the α-polymorph.
Shattuckite is a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with formula Cu 5 (SiO 3) 4 (OH) 2.It crystallizes in the orthorhombic – dipyramidal crystal system and usually occurs in a granular massive form and also as fibrous acicular crystals.