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Marshite

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 3.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Excellent extremely rich specimen hosting intense red marshite crystals. 

µ-xrf confirmed sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marshite

Formula: 
CuI
Strunz: 
3.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia