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Annabergite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Km-3 Mine, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Annabergite comes at its best form in the world, from this locality in Lavrion. It used to be relatively easy to find some years ago. However, the situation is totally different now. It is impossible to legally dig to the locality anymore so there is nothing new to come out. Furthermore, all sources in Greece have no annabergite no more. So it is suddenly entirely off the market and much much more rare and hard to acquire than before. I wish I knew and had kept pieces during my 15 years of selling Lavrion minerals. Now this is the last little example that I have left and I thought I should auction it here.

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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