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Smithsonite & Iodargyrite

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Smithsonite & Iodargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 4.2 × 7.5 cm
Description

Pearly teardrop smithsonites are scattered across a dark brown gossan matrix. In a series of cavities around the edges of the specimen is iodargyrite both as small crystalline masses and some rounded barrel shaped crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Iodargyrite

Formula: 
AgI
Strunz: 
3.AA.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Albarradón Mine, Albarradón, Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Earthstones Australia

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