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Hemimorphite & Aurichalcite

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Hemimorphite & Aurichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

This specimen is one of the best hemimorphite on aurichalcite specimens recovered from the Kintore Opencut. Aurichalcite is a very uncommon species from the kintore Opencut, this specimen is associated with minor smithsonite and rosasite on a dark gossan matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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
Earthstones Australia

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