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Cuprotungstite Stolzite & Raspite

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Cuprotungstite Stolzite & Raspite

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Description
Locality: 
Cordillera Mine, Tuena, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5 × 3.8 cm
Description

A very specimen of green cuprotungstite on a quartz and cerussite matrix. Scattered across the ironstained matrix are dozens of small bladed raspite and dipyramidal stolzite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprotungstite

Formula: 
Cu2(WO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.GB.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
La Paz, Mun. de La Paz, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico

Stolzite

Formula: 
Pb(WO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cínovec / Zinnwald (Cinvald), Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Mts, Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia; Böhmen; Boehmen), Germany & Czech Republic

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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