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Hydrozincite

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Description
Locality: 
Evelyn Mine, Pine Creek, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Brilliant snow white hydrozincite forms botryoidal coatings in vughs of massive hemimorphite. Some hemimorphite does form tiny crystal groups on the hydrozincite.

Excellent for the species and locality, displays well and is undamaged.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Gondwana Minerals