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Annabergite

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Annabergite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.2 × 4.3 cm
Description

A superb and very rich specimen of annabergite. The druse is rich in annabergite crystal clusters and botryoidal calcite with gaspeite inclusions. An old classic specimen from Lavrion! Intense color; undamaged.

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