Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Hannebachite

Views:
Watches:
JYJ616747

Hannebachite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Kalem Mountain, Gerolstein, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm
Description

Exceptional hannebachite not from the type locality. 

 

References: 

Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München (2. Auflage), 1987

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hannebachite

Formula: 
CaSO3·H2O
Strunz: 
4.JE.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Hannebacher Ley (Hannebacher Lay), Hannebach, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany