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Annabergite & Calcite

Ex Manfred Forg
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Km-3 Mine, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.3 × 1.4 cm
Description

Stunning, intense apple green annabergite crystals on a matrix of calcite crystals from this classic locality. Annabergite crystals are never large but frequenly impressive. This specimen is larger than those often offered for sale and has crystal aggregates scattered across it. Lovely little display.

 

Matrix: 
calcite
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Condition
General: 
Good - locality specimen
Main Display: 
Good - some peripheral damage
Lustre: 
Good
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Annabergite

Formula: 
Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Teichgräber Flacher vein, Teichgräber deep adit, Kippenhain Mine (Kippenhayn Mine), Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Calcite

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