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Willemite

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Willemite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Puttapa, Leigh Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 10.2 × 8.7 cm
Description

Creamy botryoidal willemite on minor argillic matrix.

This form is often called “radial willemite” due to the radiating appearance of the crystals.

The sample displays a bright pale lemon yellow fluorescence under long wave length ultra violet and comes from Puttapa Gap, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
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