Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny, France
Cyanotrichite, known occasionally as lettsomite, is a rare hydrated copper aluminium sulphate mineral (Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12 · 2H2O). The name cyanotrichite is an apt descriptor of its appearance, originating from the Greek words kyaneos, meaning “blue”, and triches, meaning “hair”. It generally occurs as characteristic thin needle-like crystals (often radiating or in spherical aggregates), or as a druse.
It is a soft mineral, with a Mohs hardness between 1-3, and is quite fragile. It is extremely similar to carbonatecyanotrichite, where carbonate substitutes for some of the sulphate, and from which it can only be distinguished with the use of X-ray diffraction to determine atomic and molecular structure. Associated minerals include malachite, azurite, smithsonite, and brochantite.
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Smithsonite on Goethite Santa Eulalia, Mexico
“hair”
by MartaSyrko
You stand at a crossroad. The Fool tells you the time to move forward is now. As you enter the house of water bearer know that the strife of your past is just that, your past. Where your life was once plagued by ruin, it will be replaced with wealth. When a new opportunity presents itself, do not hesitate. Know that the outcome will be positive.
Wooden window of a traditional hut from the Kurpie ethnocultural region, skansen (folk museum) in Kadzidło, Ostrołęka district, Poland [source].
Dwarf Checkermallow, by Nobuhiro Suhara.