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Rapidcreekite & Šlikite

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Rapidcreekite & Šlikite

SEM-EDS & PXRD conf. no U27

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm
Description

Colourless SEM-EDS & PXRD confirmed rapidcreekite associated with brownish-beige Šlikite and rhodochrosite. 

Analysis on request.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rapidcreekite

Formula: 
Ca2(SO4)(CO3)·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

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