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Description
Locality: 
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

An excellent specimen of priceite, a species normally only found as chalky masses and only very rarely as crystals.

This sample from a find at the Kohnstein Quarry has a rich coverage of colourless priceite crystals, up to 4 mm, on a massive anhydrite matrix.

Excellent for the species, from my own collection.

Mineral Data
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Priceite

Formula: 
Ca2B5O7(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
6.EB.25
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Lone Ranch Priceite Prospect, Curry Co., Oregon, USA
Cartils Minerals

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