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Pecoraite With Willemseite

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Pecoraite With Willemseite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Röttis, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 7 × 4 cm
Weight: 
99.00gr
Description

Pecoraite is a member of the Serpentine Subgroup and a dimorph of Népouite. Willemseite is a member of the Pyrophyllite-Talc Group. Both are alkaline nickel silicates.
Here we have an earthy-looking specimen from the site that was considered the type locality at the time, the Hans Georg pit, Röttis, Plauen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

From old Dr. Krantz stock, comes with nice antique label dated around 1900.

Röttisit = pecoraite + willemseite, LAP 31(12), 47 (2006).
Konarit = willemseite ?, Dana 6th, 681 (1892).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pecoraite

Formula: 
Ni3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Willemseite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg)3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Scotia Talc mine, Bon Accord, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

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Germany (trackable & insured, up to 5 kg)
7
EU countries (trackable, up to 2 kg)
13
Switzerland and UK (trackable, up to 2 kg)
18
Rest of World (trackable, up to 2 kg)
22.50

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