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Diaspore

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Kosoi Brod Village, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 6 × 4.5 cm
Description

Diaspore is not really a rare mineral, but not oftenly seen on shows or in the internet. This specimen consists of yellow-brown intergrown crystalline and massive diaspore. An important historical sample: Comes with a very old printed Dr. Krantz label dated 1845-1850 and corresponding number sticker. Kosoi Brod village ist the type locality for diaspore. Weight: 145 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diaspore

Formula: 
AlO(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.10
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Mramorskii Zavod (Mramorsk Zavod), Kosoi Brod Village, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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