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Namuwite

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Namuwite

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Description
Locality: 
Ochsenhütte Slag Locality, Grane Reservoir, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Very good crystals of the Zn containing phosphate namuwite. Here in association with gypsum.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Namuwite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.50
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Sea green
Type Locality: 
Aberllyn Mine, Betws-y-coed, Gwydyr Forest area, Conwy (Gwynedd; Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK