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Carminite & Mawbyite

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Carminite & Mawbyite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm
Description

Bright red to brownish red carminite crystals in association with green beudantite and yellow to greenish yellow mawbyite crystals on garnet sandstone.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carminite

Formula: 
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Mawbyite

Formula: 
Pb(Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4)2·2(OH,H2O)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Earthstones Australia

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