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Scholzite Cryptomelane

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Scholzite Cryptomelane

Ex. C. Johnson.
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Description
Locality: 
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
23.60gr
Description

Sprays of scholzite up to 8mm in length, with small spheres of grey-black cryptomelane scattered throughout.  Colected by the late Chris Johnson, who ran the Reaphook Hill mine for many years.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic or platy crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Cryptomelane

Formula: 
K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16
Strunz: 
4.DK.05a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
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