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Alstonite

ex. Collection Gerhard Gürsch (Stuttgart/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Alston Moor, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 3.8 cm
Description

Alstonite crystals on matrix, with old dr. krantz label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alstonite

Formula: 
BaCa(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK