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Paratooite-(La) & Kamphaugite-(Y)

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Paratooite-(La) & Kamphaugite-(Y)

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

An excellent sample of the rare REE-calcium-sodium-strontium-copper-carbonate paratooite Y with a fairly good coverage of pale blue bladed crystals of this very rare species from the Type Locality.
Associated with white balls of the rare calcium-yttrium-REE-carbonate kamphaugite Y.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paratooite-(La)

Formula: 
(REE,Ca,Na,Sr)12Cu2(CO3)16
Strunz: 
5.AD.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Kamphaugite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca(Y,REE)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hørtekollen, Sylling, Lier, Buskerud, Norway
Cartils Minerals

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