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Rosasite

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Rosasite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 4 × 3.8 cm
Description

Bright blue spheres and crystal masses of rosaite with small gemmy mimetite and cerussite crystals line cavities and voids in crystalline cerussite rich in spessartine crystals, indicatind a replacement of galena rich sulphides

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Earthstones Australia

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