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Ashburtonite

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Description
Locality: 
Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Tonopah, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm
Description

A blue ashburtonite on matrix from the United States.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ashburtonite

Formula: 
Pb4Cu4(Si4O12)(HCO3)4(OH)3Cl·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CF.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Mineral Claim 84 Cu deposit (Anticline prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia