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Hemimorphite

ex collection Gustav Beck
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Description
Locality: 
Santo Domingo Mine, Francisco Portillo, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm
Description

A really beautiful pale turquoise-colored botryoidal hemimorphite from a very seldom offered locality. A specimen from the fifities or sixties I guess. Very rare.

Mineral Data
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Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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