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Gerhardtite & Cuprite

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Gerhardtite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

A very rich specimen of gerhardtite in cuprite from the Great Australia Mine in the Cloncurry district of Queensland

The crystals of gerhardtite which a distinctive almost luminous blue green colour complete fill numerous voids in massive dark red cuprite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gerhardtite

Formula: 
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
5.NB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole property; Hull Mine; Hopewell tunnel; Patented claim 3480; Patented claim 2812; Patented claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Earthstones Australia

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