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Simonkolleite On Hydrozincite

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Simonkolleite On Hydrozincite

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Description
Locality: 
Genna Zinc Smelter, Letmathe, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Simonkolleite on hydrozinkite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Simonkolleite

Formula: 
Zn5Cl2(OH)8·H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.20
Hardness: 
1.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Slag dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süss, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany

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