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Aurichalcite & Smithsonite

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Aurichalcite & Smithsonite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 12.3 × 7.9 cm
Description

A huge 1.5 kilo mass of teardrop green smithsonite richly coated with bright light blue balls of aurichalcite from the Proprietary Mine. With an antique specimen label from the Jose Rees Collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

Smithsonite

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

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