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Heazlewoodite Dypingite & Zaratite

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Heazlewoodite Dypingite & Zaratite

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Description
Locality: 
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 4.2 × 3.9 cm
Description

An unusual specimen from Lord Brassey with small blocky crystals of heazelwoodite with bright green zaratite and white spheres of dypingite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Heazlewoodite

Formula: 
Ni3S2
Strunz: 
2.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia

Dypingite

Formula: 
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway

Zaratite

Formula: 
Ni3CO3(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Manolita mine, Teixidelo, La Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Earthstones Australia

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