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Native Zinc & Hydrozincite

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Native Zinc & Hydrozincite

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Description
Locality: 
Stolberg, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm
Description

Native zinc and white hydrozinkite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zinc

Formula: 
Zn
Strunz: 
1.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Dulcinea de Llampos Mine, Cachiyuyo de Llampos district, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

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