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Ashburtonite - Sold
- Anticline prospect
- Ashburton Downs
- Western Australia
- Australia
- 2.9 by 2.3 by 1.9 cm – Thumbnail specimen (fits into a 2.5 cm cube)
Ashburtonite is a complex copper bicarbonate silicate mineral. The mineral name follows from the type locality at Ashburton Downs (Grice et al. 1991). This specimen consists of radiating aggregates and crusts of royal blue microcrystals. Type locality specimen!
