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Rosasite & Gypsum

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Rosasite & Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.8 × 6.3 × 3.5 cm
Description

The description should also be rewritten:
A very showy specimen with glassy gypsum crystals included with pretty turquoise-blue rosasite on a bed of yellowish brown dolomite.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.
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