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Whewellite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Paitzdorf, Ronneburg Uranium Deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 6.2 × 3.6 cm
Description

This species, named after the William Whewell (1794-1866), a British Naturalist and Scientist, is one of the few collectible minerals in nature that are partly composed of organic compounds.A large white whewellite crystal in a vug on a bed of chalcopyrite crystals.Ex Hoffmann collection, Germany

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whewellite

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