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Antlerite

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Antlerite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Oxide Mine, Mount Gordon, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 9.5 × 5.8 cm
Description

Blue green crystals of antlerite richly deposited over a brecciated quartz gossan. The colour of the antlerite is reminiscent of dioptase and is as difficult to photograph.

This is an old time specimen from the Jose Rees Collection (Sydney)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Antlerite

Formula: 
Cu3(SO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Antler Mine (Antler Gold Mine; Spuyten Duyvel Mine), Arrastra Mt., Hualapai District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
Earthstones Australia

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