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Kettnerite On Quartz

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Kettnerite On Quartz

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Barbora Adit, Knöttel, Krupka, Krušné Hory, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Pale brown tabular and high lustrous crystals of kettnerite in a vug with fluorite and bismuthinite.

Rare mineral from the type locality.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White