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Iodargyrite Agardite-(Y) Segnitite & Malachite

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Iodargyrite Agardite-(Y) Segnitite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm
Description

A nicely twiined pale yellow iodargyrite crystal sits on a bed of yellow green segnitite and red carminite witha few balls of malachite. Another smaller cavity has balls of malachite and sprays of pale blue green agardite. this material was collected in the 1990's when the open at Kintore was operational

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iodargyrite

Formula: 
AgI
Strunz: 
3.AA.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Albarradón Mine, Albarradón, Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Agardite-(Y)

Formula: 
YCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour District, Djebel Saghro (Jbel Saghro), Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Segnitite

Formula: 
PbFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Earthstones Australia

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