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Lansfordite & Nesquehonite

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Lansfordite & Nesquehonite

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Description
Locality: 
Franz Adit, Sommergraben, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.4 × 3 cm
Description

Rare magnesium-carbonate minerals nesquehonite and lansfordite from Austria. Nesquehonite occurs as colourless to white prismatic crystals with white lansfordite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lansfordite

Formula: 
MgCO3·5H2O
Strunz: 
5.CA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nesquehoning Coal Mine, Nesquehoning, Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Nesquehonite

Formula: 
MgCO3·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.CA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Nesquehoning Coal Mine, Nesquehoning, Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Loranth Minerals

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