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Chrysocolla & Smithsonite

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Chrysocolla & Smithsonite

Ex Jose Rees Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 9 × 6.1 cm
Description

An odd chrysocolla specimen with green to pale blue chrysocolla in mass thoughtout a heavy oxidised matrix, clear to white smithsonit crystals line small cavity with a range of other minerals including rosasite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

Smithsonite

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