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Hydrohetaerolite & Calcite

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Hydrohetaerolite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Precaución Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm
Description

Nice and rich sample!

Hundreds of hydrohetaerolite crystals associated to calcite. Chalcophanite might also be present.

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydrohetaerolite

Formula: 
ZnMn2O4·H2O
Strunz: 
4.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Wolftone Mine, Carbonate Hill, Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White