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Scholzite

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Scholzite

ex Americo Urbinati collection

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Description
Locality: 
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm
Description

a large cluster of colourless scholzite crystal ; the original included label says parahopeite but, sure, it is scholzite

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