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Tacharanite

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Description
Locality: 
Bramburg Quarry, Adelebsen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Nice tacharanite crystals and massiv tacharanite from the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tacharanite

Formula: 
Ca12Al2Si18O51·18H2O
Strunz: 
9.HA.75
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK