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Simonkolleite

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Simonkolleite

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Description
Locality: 
Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very small colourless crystals with hexagonal shape of simonkolleite in several vugs and cleavages all over the specimen.

Extremely rich specimen from the type locality.

Mineral Data
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Simonkolleite

Formula: 
Zn5Cl2(OH)8·H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.20
Hardness: 
1.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Slag dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süss, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany