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Ianbruceite

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Ianbruceite

Rare mineral
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Description
Locality: 
Wildschwein Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Violet-pink 1-2 mm cristalline crust of ianbruceite intergrown with köttigite-erythrine on matrix.

This material was found in 1986 in the " Hahnekräher Stollen "in

Grube Wildschwein mine in a vug of only a few square cm.

First analyzes have not given exact results about this material.

New and profund analyzes are made now by Thomas Witzke.

Please note the article about -Ianbruceite- in Mineralienwelt 2/2017

This is the third known locality for this rare mineral.

Part of the original material from the finder.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ianbruceite

Formula: 
[Zn2(OH)(H2O)(AsO4)](H2O)2
Strunz: 
8.DA.50
Hardness: 
1.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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