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Aragonite & Aluminium Adamite

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Aragonite & Aluminium Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Description

Very fine display specimen of coral shaped aragonite with acicular transparent aragonite crystals (second generation).A few tiny sky blue crystals spread on matrix are Al adamite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Aluminium

Formula: 
Al
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Billeekh Intrusion, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

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