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Beyerite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
A Lone Hand Mine, Malbon, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

 Beyerite is a rare lead bismuth carbonate occuring as a pale green coloured massive alteration product of bismutite. Some green viens of malachite also run through the specimen.

No crystals observable with a small sawn area near the base of the specimen.  A nice one for the Australian or species collector.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beyerite

Formula: 
Ca(BiO)2(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.BE.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal Thin plates or compact earthy masses.
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gondwana Minerals