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Ramshorn Gypsum With Sklodowskite

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Ramshorn Gypsum With Sklodowskite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.3 × 1 cm
Description

Super aesthetic single wire of gypsum, gem, lustrous, well curved, with micro sklodowskite crystals on the tip!The piece is one of the few that survived and the find is over!To have a rarity on an aesthetic mineral is something rare and desirable!No damage!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ramshorn Gypsum

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

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

Sklodowskite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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