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Romanèchite Cast Psm Gypsum & Hydrozincite

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Romanèchite Cast Psm Gypsum & Hydrozincite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.8 × 15 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
372.00gr
Description

Cast of structural Romanechite, exhibiting a very aesthetic wavy crystallization on the frontside of the specimen, after a Gypsum cluster of crystals, which cast is clearly visible at the backside of the specimen. Numerous white Hydrozincite microcrystals are also visible on the right side of the specimen's frontside, contrasting beautifully 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Romanèchite

Formula: 
(Ba,H2O)2Mn5O10
Strunz: 
4.DK.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Manganese deposit, Romanèche-Thorens, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

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