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Brochantite

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Broch´an`tite
n.1.(Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
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Copper minerals are atacamite and brochantite in the oxide zone; chalcocite, covellite, and pyrite in the enriched zone; and chalcopyrite, bornite, molybdenite, tennantite, and pyrite in the hypogene zone.
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This corrosion eventually leads to the formation of a green patina, usually a copper sulfate mineral called brochantite ([Cu.
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