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Chamosite Quartz & Sphalerite

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Chamosite Quartz & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
oulder Main Reef Mine, Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 2 × 3.6 cm
Description

A boxwork of calcite rhombs has been covered with chamosite, the calcite has subsequently been dissolved by ground waters to reveal small quartz crystals studded with micro gemmy honey coloured sphalerite and an unidentified black mineral

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chamosite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Haut de Cry, Chamoson, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Quartz

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
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