Rosasite is a carbonate mineral with minor potential for use as a zinc and copper ore.
Chemically, it is a copper zinc carbonate hydroxide with a copper to zinc ratio of 3:2, occurring in the secondary oxidation zone of copper-zinc deposits.
It was originally discovered in 1908 in the Rosas mine in Sardinia, Italy, and is named after the location.
Fibrous blue-green rosasite crystals are usually found in globular aggregates, often associated with red limonite and other colorful minerals.
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