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Pyroaurite

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Pyroaurite

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Description
Locality: 
Setters Quarry, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

Bronze coloured crystal aggregates that contrasts nicely with the greenish matrix. A good example of a less often seen mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyroaurite

Formula: 
Mg6Fe3+2(OH)16[CO3]·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.50
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Peter Crozier Minerals