Specimen #812

Name: Dundasite with Crocoite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2008-10-01

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: Type locality! Beautiful creamy-white spheres of silky acicular crystals with Crocoite crystals on matrix. (Cork mounted)

Minerals: Crocoite (PbCrO4) Dumortierite (Al6.5-7(BO3)(SiO4)3(O,OH)3) Dundasite (PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 (H2O))

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Dundasite with Crocoite, Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia, FOV: 9.0 x 6.0 mm

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Dundasite with Crocoite, Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia, FOV: 3.9 x 2.6 mm