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Kleinite

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Description
Locality: 
McDermitt Mine, Opalite, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm
Description

Crust of crystallized kleinite of good yellow-orange colour of hexagonal profile, greasy lustre and in very good condition.

Acquired in 1983, Ex Georges Vanacker* collection.

*Vanackerite from Tsumeb was named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kleinite

Formula: 
(Hg2N)(Cl,SO4)·nH2O
Strunz: 
3.DD.35
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA

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