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Heazlewoodite & Zaratite

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Heazlewoodite & Zaratite

Ex. Ben Grguric Collection (Australian)
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

This rare nickel mineral is represented here as a patch of massive pale brassy coloured sulphide in serpentine. Some apple green zaratite is also present on another face.

The specimen was self collected by Ben Grguric in Dec. 2007 and comes with his label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Heazlewoodite

Formula: 
Ni3S2
Strunz: 
2.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia

Zaratite

Formula: 
Ni3CO3(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Manolita mine, Teixidelo, La Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Gondwana Minerals