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Willemite

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Willemite

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Locality: 
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 11 × 8 cm
Description

<p>One of the best specimen I ever had from this locality: Dozends of beautiful fugs filled with gemmy willemite crystals and twinned cerussite crystals.</p> <p>Very good display specimens</p>

Mineral Data
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Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium