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Hydrozincite With Hemimorphite

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Hydrozincite With Hemimorphite

Former collection Lehmann (CH)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
14.00gr
Description

Rich Perky box specimen featuring numerous radial aggregates of candid white hydrozincite on dark gossan matrix. Associated, several transparent and lustrous hemimorphite tabular crystals.
Excellent color contrast and conditions for this rather unusual specimen. Outstanding at 10x, suggested for photomicrography.

Former collection Lehmann (CH).

Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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