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Aurichalcite & Hydrozincite

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Aurichalcite & Hydrozincite

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Description
Locality: 
Billy Springs Mine, Mount Fitton Homestead, Arkaroola, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.8 × 3.7 cm
Description

Bright, light blue, thin bladed, acicular aurichalcite crystals are beautifully contrasted by the stark white acicular hydrozincite crystals that dominated the numerous cavities on this specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Earthstones Australia

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