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Aluminite

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Description
Locality: 
Halle, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm
Description

White chalky Aluminite nodule from the type locality (city of Halle). The historic label indicates the findspot as "garden of the orphanage".

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aluminite

Formula: 
Al2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany