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Kaolinite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Zittau, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
33.00gr
Description

Here is an interesting historic locality specimen: Two pieces of earthy, chalky, white kaolinite. Comes with antique box & label dated 1848!

The label means: "Kaolin aus Phonolith - im Eisenbahndurchschn. bei Pelau b. Zittau beim Eisenbahnbau 1848 gef." (Kaolinite from phonolite - found in the cut (or tunnel) at Pelau near Zittau during the railway construction in 1848).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kaolinite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Gaoling Mine (Kauling Mine), Gaoling village, Ehu town, Fuliang Co., Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

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