Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Brucite & Hydromagnesite

Views:
Watches:
SHS585713

Brucite & Hydromagnesite

ex Collection Edgar Franz(Freiberg/Saxony)

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Gulsen, Kraubath an der Mur, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6 × 2 cm
Description

Brucite and hydromagnesite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brucite

Formula: 
Mg(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FE.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Castle Point, Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA

Hydromagnesite

Formula: 
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Castle Point, Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA