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Takovite & Kambaldaite

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Takovite & Kambaldaite

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Description
Locality: 
Otter Shoot Nickel Mine, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Blueish takovite and greenish kambaldaite on violarite matrix from the type locality of kambaldaite. Both are Ni bearing carbonate minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Takovite

Formula: 
Ni6Al2(OH)16[CO3]·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.50
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Takovo, Gornji Milanovac, Moravica District, Serbia

Kambaldaite

Formula: 
NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Otter Shoot Nickel mine, Otter Juan mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia