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Gaspéite

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Description
Locality: 
Km-3 Mine, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Here's a fine example of a material very difficult to come by nowdays!This piece is a fine cluster of gaspeite balls!The surface is of great relief and the color gets more fluorescent yellow as the layer go deeper!The piece can be displayed on many ways and it has no damage per se.Increadible glow if you backlight it!

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What's on the rock

Gaspéite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg,Fe)CO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
New Jersey Zinc Exploration Co. trench, Mont-Albert, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada

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