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Ullmannite Tetrahedrite Hydrozincite Bottinoite & Bonattite

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Ullmannite Tetrahedrite Hydrozincite Bottinoite & Bonattite

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Description
Locality: 
Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

Ullmannite & tetrahedrite (black, gray - cubes resp. pyramids) are pretty clear, therest is visual ID (no guarantee): white to geeenish balls most probaby hydrozincite, pale blueish, elongated (not acicular! - doesn't show well in pictures) crystals possibly bonattite. Also possible: bottinoite. There are more unidentified minerals on this specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ullmannite

Formula: 
NiSbS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Storch und Schöneberg Mine, Gosenbach, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Bottinoite

Formula: 
Ni2+[Sb(OH)6]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
4.FH.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Bonattite

Formula: 
CuSO4·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Macei stope, Cape Calamita Mine (Calamita Mine), Capoliveri, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

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