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Austinite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

A cavity in red limonitic gossan is lined with transparent through translucent to white austinite crystals, the crystals forming tight botyriodal maounds that completely fill the cavity 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Austinite

Formula: 
CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Earthstones Australia

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