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Šlikite & Zincowoodwardite

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Šlikite & Zincowoodwardite

EDS & XRD conf. no 563

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.3 × 4 cm
Description

EDS & XRD conf. no 563 hosting a large coverage of slikite with blue zincowoodwardite (EDS no 539) on limonitic matrix with purple fluorite and several sulfides below. Analysis in the analytical section.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Šlikite

Formula: 
Zn2Mg(CO3)2(OH)2·4H2O
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2
Colour: 
Snow-White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vladimír Mine, Ostrov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Zincowoodwardite

Formula: 
Zn1-xAlx(OH)2[SO4]x/2·nH2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.35
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Šlikite & Zincowoodwardite
Analysis Report - only: Šlikite & Zincowoodwardite
Analysis Report - only: Šlikite & Zincowoodwardite