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Austinite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm
Weight: 
60.00gr
Description

A beautiful specimen from the "La Ojuela" mine where we can see, on a limonite matrix, rounded aggregates with a waxy and sub-vitreous luster of greenish austinite crystals with radial nodules. It is a rare mineral from metal deposits containing arsenic that occurs in cluster shapes forming spheres. A rare and beautiful specimen from the Mapimí deposit

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Austinite

Formula: 
CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

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