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Chalcophanite On Coronadite

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Chalcophanite On Coronadite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 6 × 4.4 cm
Description

Very fine crystallised chalcophanite gives this coronadite a lustrous pink to purple hue.

This specimen looks all the world like a foot painted by Dali.

Rich, interesting and challenging specimen. Beautiful without a doubt

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcophanite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe,Mn)Mn3O7·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Coronadite

Formula: 
Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16
Strunz: 
4.DK.05a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Horse-Shoe shaft (Horseshoe Mine), Coronado Mine (Coronado Mining Co. property; Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Coronado vein, Copper Plate Gulch, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Earthstones Australia

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