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Aurichalcite Hemimorphite & Rosasite

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Aurichalcite Hemimorphite & Rosasite

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Description
Locality: 
Evelyn Mine, Pine Creek, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 5.1 × 4.1 cm
Description

A light brown vughy matrix is lined with pale blue aurichalcite follwed bt deep blue rosasite and clear hemimorphite sprays from the Mount Evelyn Mine in the Northern Territory

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

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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