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Gearksutite

SEM-EDS & PXRD confirmed no 533

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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: 
5.6 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & PXRD confirmed specimen no 533 hosting globular white gearksutite on matrix. Analytical data in the analysis section. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gearksutite

Formula: 
Ca[Al(F,OH)5(H2O)]
Strunz: 
3.CC.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland