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Diaspore

Ex-John H. Eicher Collection; ex-David J. Eicher Collection

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Locality: 
Venezuela
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Powdery aggregates of diaspore from an old collection. The glass jar shown here has a diameter of 5.3 cm. Collected by John H. Eicher in the 1940s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diaspore

Formula: 
AlO(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.10
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Mramorskii Zavod (Mramorsk Zavod), Kosoi Brod Village, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...
David J. Eicher

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