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Scholzite & Parahopeite

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Scholzite & Parahopeite

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Description
Locality: 
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

White acicular crystals of scholzite on a matrix of with light brown parahopeite.

Ex. Paul Tambuyser (BE).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic or platy crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Parahopeite

Formula: 
Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.70
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia

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