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Bottinoite & Annabergite

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Bottinoite & Annabergite

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Description
Locality: 
Schnellenberg Mine, Beienbach, Siegerland, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Blue tabular bottinoite associated with pale green annabergite on matrix from the Schnellenberg mine, Beienbach, Germany. 

SEM-EDS confirmed specimen. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bottinoite

Formula: 
Ni2+[Sb(OH)6]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
4.FH.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Annabergite

Formula: 
Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Teichgräber Flacher vein, Teichgräber deep adit, Kippenhain Mine (Kippenhayn Mine), Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany