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Paratooite-(La) & Kamphaugite-(Y)

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Paratooite-(La) & Kamphaugite-(Y)

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Locality: 
Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm
Description

Pale blue radiating swordlike crystals of Paratooite on a buff coloured matrix,from the type locality in the Olary District of South Australia.  Whitish kamphaugite forms crystallised mounds area the paratooite adding to the contrast.

This rare earth copper carbonates was named after the locality and was approved as a new species in 2005

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paratooite-(La)

Formula: 
(REE,Ca,Na,Sr)12Cu2(CO3)16
Strunz: 
5.AD.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Kamphaugite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca(Y,REE)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hørtekollen, Sylling, Lier, Buskerud, Norway
Earthstones Australia

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