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Ashburtonite

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Ashburtonite

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Description
Locality: 
Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm
Description

A matrix of mottramite and adamite hosts muliple groups of azurite and malachite and a single small area of bright light blue ashburtonite.

Named for the location where it was first described Ashburton Downs

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ashburtonite

Formula: 
Pb4Cu4(Si4O12)(HCO3)4(OH)3Cl·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CF.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Mineral Claim 84 Cu deposit (Anticline prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Earthstones Australia

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