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Scholzite & Parascholzite

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Scholzite & Parascholzite

ex collection J. Höppner
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Description
Locality: 
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7.3 × 5.5 cm
Description

Rich specimen with acicular creamy scholzite and colorless, transparent parascholzite crystals in vugs. Smaller acicular crystals might be phosphophyllite or metaswitzerite (not analyzed). With original label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic or platy crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Parascholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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