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Takovite

Ex Wolfgang Henkel Collection (Germany)
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kambalda Nickel Mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

A fairly rare secondary nickel mineral, takovite - Ni6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O is even rarer as specimens from this locality. Named after its discovery locality, Takovo, Serbia, here it forms small greenish blebs in matrix. Comes with two previous labels.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Takovite

Formula: 
Ni6Al2(OH)16[CO3]·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.50
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Takovo, Gornji Milanovac, Moravica District, Serbia
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