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Austinite & Conichalcite

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Austinite & Conichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Lorena Mine, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 11.3 × 6.4 cm
Description

Rich green conichalcite with clear to off white botyroidal austinite lining a large cavity in a quartzite gossan with siderite and cuprite from the Lorena Gold mine in the Cloncury Mining District

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

Conichalcite

Formula: 
CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Earthstones Australia

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