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Wadeite

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Description
Locality: 
Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm
Description

Green crystals of the rare zirconium silicate mineral wadeite from Australia. Labeled locality in the plastic box is Jimbealana Dyke, Kambalda , which is probably the same than Waldigee hills, the TL.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wadeite

Formula: 
K2Zr(Si3O9)
Strunz: 
9.CA.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Walgidee Hills lamproite, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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