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Gordaite

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Gordaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mine #19, Sounion, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 1 cm
Description

Very rich specimen of pale blue to white, tabular gordaite crystals all over the surface of the old specimen.

Collected 1998.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gordaite

Formula: 
NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.50
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile