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Zaratite & Heazlewoodite

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Zaratite & Heazlewoodite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm
Description

some very nice intense green aggregates of the rare zaratithe on matrix associate with gray metallic heazlewoodite : the lord brassey is the type locality for the heazlewoodite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zaratite

Formula: 
Ni3CO3(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Manolita mine, Teixidelo, La Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Heazlewoodite

Formula: 
Ni3S2
Strunz: 
2.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia

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