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Ramsbeckite & Schulenbergite

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HCH64426

Ramsbeckite & Schulenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Gondenau Mine, Traben-Trarbach, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 7 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

This is a ore speciem (spahlerite with chalcopyrite) covered with secondary minerals like lightblue fine crystaline schulenbergite with typical green microcrystals of ramsbeckite near some linarite on it.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ramsbeckite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.60
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Schulenbergite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.80
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Bockswies veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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