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Austinite with Talmessite

#31565

Austinite with Talmessite

#31565
Availability
Sold
Size
2 x 3 x 2 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
CaZnAsO4(OH) (RRUFF)
Locality
Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah, United States
Tagged
arsenate

Clear to tinted green, bladed Austinite forming spherical aggregates to 4mm and lying flat on vuggy Limonitic matrix with grayish micro-hemispheres of possible Talmessite.

Type Locality, EDS Confirmed

Austinite

Formula
CaZnAsO4(OH) 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Cleavage
Good, None, None 
Luster
Subadamantine 
Color
brown, colorless, green, yellowish white, white 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Disphenoidal 
Fracture
Brittle - Uneven 
Hardness
4-4.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Special Info
Type Locality
Special Info
EDS Confirmed

Data card from the Heustis Collection

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