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Iodargyrite On Quartz & Malachite

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Iodargyrite On Quartz & Malachite

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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: 
2.8 × 8.3 × 4 cm
Description

Sugary yellow iodargyrite is dusted over quartz crystals on a matrix of blade malachite from the Block 14 opencut. This material was collected in the mid 1990's

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iodargyrite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Earthstones Australia

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