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Kutnohorite & Turgite

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Kutnohorite & Turgite

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Description
Locality: 
Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Genova, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 9.8 × 6.5 cm
Weight: 
328.00gr
Description

Nice specimen with a myriad of long prismatic acicular kutnohorite crystals in association with turgite in red-garnet hexagonal turgite crystals (rare variety of hydrate haematite)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kutnohorite

Formula: 
Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Poličany, Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Turgite

Mixture Of: 

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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