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Raspite

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

A specimen very rich in small bladed, translucent, orange rapite crystals from the Proprietary Mine at broken Hill. Raspite is one of the rarest and most sort after species from this prolific location.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Raspite

Formula: 
Pb(WO4)
Strunz: 
4.DG.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Earthstones Australia

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