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Kuzelite

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Kuzelite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm
Description

Kuzelite is a rare calcium and aluminium sulphate, only found and determined in few German localities. In this speciemn we can observe tabular lanceolated crystals, some translucent with a greenish color and other totally transparent and perfectly crystallized. This species appears in vugs of a lime xenoliths, accompanied by hydrocalumite.

Mineral Data
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Kuzelite

Formula: 
Ca4Al2(OH)12[SO4]·6H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.15
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany