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Katerinopoulosite With Gypsum

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Katerinopoulosite With Gypsum

New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6 × 2 cm
Description

One of the most aeasthetic from the very limited lot of katerinopoulosite pieces,this piece is from the new discovery of katerinopoulosite.This is a new mineral and is known to have antlerite, brochantite, goslarite,ktansite, epsomite,gypsum, niedermayrite, lazaridisite and voudourisite as paragenesis to the new species!The piece has ram horn gypsum on it and it's a beauty!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Katerinopoulosite

Formula: 
(NH4)2Zn(SO4)2·6H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Esperanza Mine, Lavrion District, Attica, Greece
Isostructural with: 
Boussingaultite
Mohrite
Nickelboussingaultite

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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