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Hemimorphite & Aurichalcite

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Hemimorphite & Aurichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

A fine cluster of hemimorphite crystals studded with bright light blue clusters of aurichalcite from the Block 14 Opencut that was collected on the mine dumps at the Pinnancles.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
Earthstones Australia

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