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Calcite With Ferrosaponite

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Calcite With Ferrosaponite

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Locality: 
Grabiszyce Quarry, Gmina Leśna, Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 5 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
187.00gr
Description

Unusual botryoidal calcite on ferrosaponite from recently find Specimen in very good condition. Yellow botryoidal calcite make great contrast on irridiscent bluish ferrosaponite. An article by Tomasz Praszkier from Spirifer Minerals in the magazine Mineralien Welt is coming soon. This pocket is unique due the quality of the specimens, they rare botryoidal structure and the combination of the rare mineral which is ferrosaponite. Specimen on acrylic base. Weight with stand: 187 grams

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Aragonite and Vaterite
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Ferrosaponite

Formula: 
Ca0.3(Fe2+,Mg,Fe3+)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.45
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Levoberezhnoe Iceland spar deposit, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous okrug), Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Piatek Minerals

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