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Kolitschite from
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Description
Type Locality:Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia is the type locality for Kolitschite
Comments:Indistinguishable from segnitite.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Grey, I. E., Mumme, W. G., Bordet, P. & Mills, S. J. (2008) A new crystal-chemical variation of the alunite-type structure in monoclinic PbZn0.5Fe3(AsO4)2(OH)6. Canadian Mineralogist, 46(5), 1355–1364.
Mills, S. J., Grey, I. E., Mumme, W. G., Miyawaki, R., Matsubara, S., Bordet, P., Birch, W. D. & Raudsepp, M. (2008) Kolitschite, Pb[Zn0.5,0.5]Fe3(AsO4)2(OH)6, a new mineral from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 14(2), 63–67; Mills, S. J. & Birch, W. D. (2009): Kolitschit, ein neues Arsenatmineral aus Australien. Mineralien-Welt 21 (1), 82-85 (in German).
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kolitschite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
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