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Austinite

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Austinite

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Description
Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 9.5 × 6 cm
Description

Colorless lustrous crystals in combination with spherical clusters of Austinit on ochreous shelly iron ore. The specimen is covered with crystals allover.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Austinite

Formula: 
CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA