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Šlikite & Rabbittite

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Šlikite & Rabbittite

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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: 
3.3 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

Bright yellow rabbittite with brown Šlikite spheres on gypsum. 

Rare mineral assemblage. 

 

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

Rabbittite

Formula: 
Ca3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4·18H2O
Strunz: 
5.ED.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Lucky Strike No. 2 mine, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA