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Letovicite & Bassanite

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Letovicite & Bassanite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kladno Mine, Libušin, Kladno, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

White crystals of the rare mineral letovicite associated to also white bassanite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Letovicite

Formula: 
(NH4)3H(SO4)2
Strunz: 
7.AD.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Vísky, Letovice (Lettowitz), South Moravia Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

Bassanite

Formula: 
CaSO4·0.5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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