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Liebigite

David Burgess Collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Schwartzwalder Mine, Ralston Buttes, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.3 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some very nice skeletal crystals of liebigite on matrix from one of the better localities for the species. Inbetween the larger crystals are several clusters of sharp, transparent smaller crystals with sharp faces. The specimen was treated at some point to disallow dehydration. David Burgess collection.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liebigite

Formula: 
Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O
Strunz: 
5.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Usually as granular or scaly crusts.
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Adrianople, Edirne Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

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