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Whewellite

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Whewellite

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Description
Locality: 
Paitzdorf, Ronneburg Uranium Deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.1 × 1 cm
Description

Beautiful and sharp, single and well terminated whewellite crystal grey colored by smythite inclusions from the famous shaft 396, Paitzdorf, Germany.

Collected 1983

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whewellite

Formula: 
Ca(C2O4)·H2O
Strunz: 
10.AB.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0