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Pecoraite & Otwayite

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Pecoraite & Otwayite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Yellow green crystal aggregates of the rare Ni mineral otwayite associated to dark green pecoraite from Australia

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pecoraite

Formula: 
Ni3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Otwayite

Formula: 
Ni2(CO3)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Otway Ni deposit, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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