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Namuwite Schulenbergite On Gypsum

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Namuwite Schulenbergite On Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Alexander Mine, Bastenberg, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm
Description

Pearly pale blue schulenberg with isolated spheres of namuwite on and between colourless bladed gypsum crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Namuwite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.50
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Sea green
Type Locality: 
Aberllyn Mine, Betws-y-coed, Gwydyr Forest area, Conwy (Gwynedd; Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK

Schulenbergite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.80
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Bockswies veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.
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