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Aurichalcite Inclusions In Hemimorphite & Calcite

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Aurichalcite Inclusions In Hemimorphite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Billy Springs Mine, Mount Fitton Homestead, Arkaroola, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 5.5 × 4.8 cm
Description

A reddish ironstone gossan spotted with dozens of dark blue green spheres has been overgrownith clear hemimorphite and included in clear calcite from the remote Billy Springs mine in the Northern Flinders Ranges

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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