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Otwayite

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Description
Locality: 
Otway Nickel Deposit, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

this rare nickel-carbonate occurs as glassy bright radial acicular crystal aggregates, on fracture zones in green pecoraite matrix. Nice specimens!

Mineral Data
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Otwayite

Formula: 
Ni2(CO3)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Otway Ni deposit, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia