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Hopeite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill (Kabwe Mine), Central Province, Zambia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Brown prismatic hopeite crystals from the former Broken Hill Mine

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hopeite

Formula: 
Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium