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Brianyoungite & Smithsonite

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Brianyoungite & Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 6.2 × 4 cm
Description

A large open cavity is filled with coronadite stalactites over which offwhite rosettes of smithsonite crystals have formed. Amongst the smithsonite groups atr numerous small white tuffed spheres of brianyoungite crystals from the Block 14 Opencut.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brianyoungite

Formula: 
Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
5.BF.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic or Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Earthstones Australia

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