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Gillardite

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Gillardite from 132 North mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia - CL62652
Gillardite from 132 North mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia - CL62652

Gillardite

#CL62652
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Size
5.5 x 4 x 2 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Cu2+3NiCl2(OH)6 (RRUFF)
Locality
132 North mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia
Tagged
copper , nickel

Green to mostly dark green with a greasy to vitreous luster in thick groups to which crystal forms are not really recognized on this specimen. I admire the Mindat photos which show good crystal forms which show alot of complicated forms. Gillardite is a rare copper-nickel hydroxyhalide found in only three places on Earth. The matrix is probably Gaspeite.

Type Locality

Gillardite

Formula
Cu2+3NiCl2(OH)6 
Crystal System
Trigonal 
Crystal Habit
Triangular Crystals, Aggregates 
Cleavage
Good, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
dark green 
Streak
green 
Class
Trigonal - Rhombohedral 
Fracture
Splintery 
Hardness
3 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Chet S. Lemanski, Jr. Collection
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