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Scholzite

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Scholzite

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Description
Locality: 
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 6.1 × 5.2 cm
Description

A great miniature specimen featuring a cavity lined with scholzite crystals. The matrix is a nice contrast to the bright white scholzites.

This specimen was collected by Chris and Margaret Johnston during the time they operated the lease on Reaphook Hill for specimens in the 1980's

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic or platy crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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