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Tarbuttite

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Tarbuttite

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill (Kabwe Mine), Central Province, Zambia
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
53 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Good specimen with lustrous crystals of tarbuttie.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tarbuttite

Formula: 
Zn2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia