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Aluminite

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Description
Locality: 
Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.2 × 3.1 cm
Description

White nodule of aluminite microcrystals from a classic locality in England. It is complete all around so it can be displayed in many positions. We keep the brown clay material on it because it enhances the globular form of the concrection. Ex. Gerard Vogel (NL) specimen, who bought it in 1988.

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

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