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Nickeltalmessite

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Description
Locality: 
Aït Ahmane, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Green crystals of the relatively new mineral nickeltalmessite (IMA 2008-051) from the type locality and one of the only two known localities worldwide.

Nickeltalmessite in sharp crystals is very rare but this specimen has at least one of them , see photo 1.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickeltalmessite

Formula: 
Ca2Ni(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.35
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Vein No. 51, Aït Ahmane, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

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