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Carrboydite & Gaspéite

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Carrboydite & Gaspéite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Blue green balls/coating of carrboydite with greenish gaspeite. According to mindat, as part of the recent re-evaluation of the nomenclature of the hydrotalcite supergroup (Mills et al., 2012), carrboydite was identified as a questionable species which needs further investigation. Member of: Glaucocerinite Group.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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