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Wenkite

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Wenkite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Pink mass of small wenkite crystals with calcite and pyrite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wenkite

Formula: 
(Ba,K)4(Ca,Na)6[(SO4)3|(Si,Al)20O39(OH)2]·0.5H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.25
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Candoglia quarries, Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy