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Parahopeite & Hopeite

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill (Kabwe Mine), Central Province, Zambia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
21.00gr
Description

From the type locality, this is an stalactitic aggregate of whitish bladed parahopeite crystals clusters partially covered by tiny crystallized hopeite of light brown colour.

Old specimen from the collection of Eudore Toussaint, who swapped it in 1969.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Hopeite

Formula: 
Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium

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