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Kettnerite

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Kettnerite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Shaft 250, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Brown to pale brown crystal clusters of the rare mineral kettnerite on a matrix of native bismuth and safflorite.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kettnerite

Formula: 
CaBiCO3OF
Strunz: 
5.BE.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Barbora adit, Knöttel area (Knötel; Knödel; Knödlberg), Krupka (Graupen), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic