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Palygorskite Inclusions In Quartz

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Palygorskite Inclusions In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

Off white matted mats of palygorskite crystals included in two doubly terminated quartz crystals from the Zinc Corporation mine studded with reddish brown sturtite groups

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palygorskite

Formula: 
(Mg,Al)5(Si,Al)8O20(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Second Mine, Popovka River, Palygorskaya Distance of Perm Railways, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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