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Mawbyite With Gartrellite & Carminite

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Mawbyite With Gartrellite & Carminite

ex Ring collection, Munich,Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Mawbyite is a rare arsenate. Red crusts of mawbyite and carminite together with olive-green gartrellite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mawbyite

Formula: 
Pb(Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4)2·2(OH,H2O)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Gartrellite

Formula: 
Pb(Cu,Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4,SO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Carminite

Formula: 
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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