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ETIMOLOGY: Derived from two Greek words "Konia" lime "khalkos" copper.
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Orthorhombic.
PRINCIPLE OF FORMATION: Secondary.
CLASS MINERAL: Phosphates, arsenates, vanadates.
CHEMICAL FORMULA MINERAL ELEMENTS: CaCl2 + (AsO 4) (OH).
HARDNESS: 4.5 on the Mohs scale.
FIELDS: Mexico, Chile, Poland, Zaire, USA.
MINERALOGY: In short prismatic crystals rooms, botroidales or reniform masses. With massive crusts frequently fibrous crystals radiated structure originates from the oxidation zone of copper deposits rich in arsenic.
MYTHOLOGY: Discovered in 1849 in the Spanish town of Hinojosa del Duque (Córdoba), the best examples of conichalcite are in Mapimí (Mexico).
PROPERTIES: Stimulates intuition and focuses the mind for meditation, helping to Eliminate worries, conichalcite Promotes a soft inner strength to us to Accommodate us to change, it helps us to communicate.
CHAKRAS: Spleen and heart.
ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius.
USES: Collection, meditation, secondary ore (deposit exploited for economic purposes) copper.