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Paratacamite-(Ni) Gaspéite Carrboydite & Hydrohonessite

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Paratacamite-(Ni) Gaspéite Carrboydite & Hydrohonessite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Paratacamite-ni (dark green). Gasperite (light green). Carrboydite (blue green). Hydrohonesite (yellow). Very rare combination of rare minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paratacamite-(Ni)

Formula: 
Cu3(Ni,Cu)(OH)6Cl2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine (Carr Boyd Ni mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Gaspéite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg,Fe)CO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
New Jersey Zinc Exploration Co. trench, Mont-Albert, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada

Hydrohonessite

Formula: 
(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2[SO4]x/2·nH2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.35
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Otter Shoot Nickel mine, Otter Juan mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia