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Hemimorphite

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Hemimorphite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
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Description
Locality: 
Old Luganure Mine, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
75.00gr
Description

Quartz matrix with a partial coating of nice light blue and colourless hemimorphite microcrystals.

Very few of these specimens have appeared on the market as it comes from a very limited find. The mineral was initially reported from the locality by Sir Arthur Russell back in the early 1920's. However no sign of it was seen again until a few specimens were found in 2013.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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