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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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

This is an excellent sizable group of neon green cabrerite microcrystals forming botryoidal aggregate in cavity along with dark green annabergite crystals and minor white aragonite.

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