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Antlerite

Ex Jose Rees Collection (Sydney)

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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: 
2.2 × 8.3 × 6.3 cm
Description

A dark reddish matrix hosts a beautiful collection of antlerite crystals, forming isolated sprays and odd ribs with rows of of doubly terminated crystals growing parallel to each other.

There is some scuffing visible under magnification but overall this specimen is in very good condition Specimen weighs 154 grams

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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