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Lawrencite & Taenite

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Lawrencite & Taenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mexico
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

Green crystals of the very rare Fe-Ni chloride mineral lawrencite in a matrix that it is a meteorite (taenite)  from a locality called Tuhicoa in Mexico. Rare !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lawrencite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
Strunz: 
3.AB.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tazewell meteorite, Claiborne Co., Tennessee, USA

Taenite

Formula: 
(Fe,Ni)
Strunz: 
1.AE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Gorge river, South Westland, South Island, New Zealand

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