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Nacrite

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Nacrite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Langenstriegis, Frankenberg, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm
Description

Whiteish nacrite on purple fluorite. Comes with an early 20th century label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nacrite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Einigkeit Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany