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Adamite Mawbyite Mimetite & Beudantite

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Adamite Mawbyite Mimetite & Beudantite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Milky green translucent bladed sprays of adamoite asociated with tellow transparent mimetite barrels partially enclosed with yellow sugary beudantite. Small reddish sprays of mawbyite are scattered amongst the mimetite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Mawbyite

Formula: 
Pb(Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4)2·2(OH,H2O)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Beudantite

Formula: 
PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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