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Annabergite & Cabrerite

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Annabergite & Cabrerite

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Description
Locality: 
Km-3 Mine, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

Matrix rock with cavities filled with bright intense green annabergite crystals.Main cavity also holds a botryoidal cabrerite aggregate among annabergite. Cabrerite is the bright neon green Mg variety of annabergite.Specimen comes from a famous classic find made in 1995 at Km-3 mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Annabergite

Formula: 
Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Teichgräber Flacher vein, Teichgräber deep adit, Kippenhain Mine (Kippenhayn Mine), Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Cabrerite

Synonym Of: 

Magnesian Annabergite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg)3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Hardness: 
0.0

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