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Plattnerite Rosasite & Hemimorphite

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Plattnerite Rosasite & Hemimorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Hidden Treasure Mine, Ophir, Tooele County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.8 × 1.9 cm
Description

A double sided U shaped specimen covered with masses of hemimorphite crystals; glassy clear, in places darkened by intergrowth and inclusion of plattnerite crystals and then bejewelled with light intense blue balls of rosasite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plattnerite

Formula: 
PbO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania
Earthstones Australia

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