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Plimerite & Beudantite

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Plimerite & Beudantite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

A very rich specimen of dark green rosettes of plimerite in a bed of yellow beudantite crystals. This is the type locality for this rare phosphate species

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plimerite

Formula: 
ZnFe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Beudantite

Formula: 
PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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