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Paratooite-(La)

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Paratooite-(La)

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Description
Locality: 
Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

Intense blue paratooite-La on matrix. Beautiful!

References:

Pring, A., Wallwork, K., Brugger, J., Kolitsch, U. (2006): "Paratooite-(La), a new lanthanum-dominant rare-earth copper carbonate from Paratoo, South Australia", Mineralogical Magazine 70, 131-138

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paratooite-(La)

Formula: 
(REE,Ca,Na,Sr)12Cu2(CO3)16
Strunz: 
5.AD.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia