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Hoelite

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Description
Locality: 
Katerina Mine, Radvanice, Trutnov, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

Outstanding acicular yellow crystals of hoelite, a very rare organic mineral only known from four localities worldwide in a contrasting matrix. Cruystals of this quality are rarely seen in the mineral market for this locality.

Organic name for this mineral is 9,10-Anthraquinone (C14H8O2).

 

Mineral Data
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Hoelite

Formula: 
C14H8O2
Strunz: 
10.CA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Pyramiden Coal Mine, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

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