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Hydrozincite & Aurichalcite

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Hydrozincite & Aurichalcite

Ex Jose Rees Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Billy Springs Mine, Mount Fitton Homestead, Arkaroola, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 8.5 × 8.7 cm
Description

An old time specimen from Billy Springs with a cavity in red gossan lined with white hydrozincite, some pale blue aurichalcite and clear groups of hemimorphite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

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
Earthstones Australia

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