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Gordaite & Hetaerolite

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Gordaite & Hetaerolite

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Description
Locality: 
Esperanza Mine, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Ice-white hexagonal crystal groups of gordaite on a carpet of dark,  sharp, shiny crystals of hetaerolite. Nice.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gordaite

Formula: 
NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.50
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Hetaerolite

Formula: 
ZnMn2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.10
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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