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Zeunerite

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Zeunerite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.15cm
Description

Excellent tabular crystal of zeunerite, probably dehydrated to the meta-form. It shows a very well defined faces and edges, very sharp, perfectly disposed on the matrix. With a green color with some zoning. No fluorescence under LW and SWUV light. From a German classic micromounter locality. Enjoy it!

1960's
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zeunerite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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