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Hydrozincite

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Hydrozincite

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Description
Locality: 
Texas Arizona Mine, Dragoon, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

A rich thumbnail size specimen of hydrozincite from the Texas Arizona Mine.   The hydrozincite forms as a thick vein, showing evidence of botryoidal formation in areas.   A rarely seen species in Arizona.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

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