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Raspite & Stolzite

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Raspite & Stolzite

Ex Jose Rees Collection
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Description
Locality: 
New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 5 × 5.3 cm
Description

Orange raspite crystal with both flat and swordlike termination stand as individuals in a vughy section of oxidised garnet sandstone.

Amongst the crevasses are a pair of flat yellow stolzite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Raspite

Formula: 
Pb(WO4)
Strunz: 
4.DG.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Stolzite

Formula: 
Pb(WO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cínovec / Zinnwald (Cinvald), Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Mts, Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia; Böhmen; Boehmen), Germany & Czech Republic
Earthstones Australia

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