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Spertiniite & Schulenbergite

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Spertiniite & Schulenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Karl Liebknecht Smelter Slag Locality, Eisleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 1.4 cm
Description

Nice spertiniite and schulenburgite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spertiniite

Formula: 
Cu(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FD.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Jeffrey Mine ("Johns-Manville Mine"), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada...

Schulenbergite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.80
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Bockswies veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany