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Hydrozincite with Aurichalcite & Plattnerite

#PD32580

Hydrozincite with Aurichalcite & Plattnerite

#PD32580
Availability
Sold
Size
5 x 7.5 x 5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 (RRUFF)
Locality
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Tagged
carbonate

Fine bladed and matted crystalline white Hydrozincite with pearly blue-green Aurichalcite and fine black microcrystlline Plattnerite in the large open vugs in Limonitic matrix.

Hydrozincite

Formula
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Bladed, Stalactitic, Massive - Fibrous 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Pearly 
Color
white, yellowish white, grayish white, pinkish white, bluish white 
Streak
white 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness
2-2.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Phillips Collection

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