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Krásnoite & Plimerite

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Krásnoite & Plimerite

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Description
Locality: 
Huber Stock, Krásno, Horní Slavkov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

An excellent sample of the rare and newly discovered species krasnoite from the Type Locality. The specimen has a very good coverage of tiny pearly white crystals of krasnoite associated with dark green plimerite crystals on brown triplite matrix.
Excellent for both species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Krásnoite

Formula: 
Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)12.1F2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DO.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Huber stock (Huber shaft; Hub stock), Krásno (Schönfeld), Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Plimerite

Formula: 
ZnFe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Cartils Minerals

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