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Aluminite

Ex coll Dr. Dieter Bartnik, Leipzig
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Halle, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

White earthy nodular mass of aluminite from the Type Locality.

The exact locality were the type material was found is the garden of the orphanage of the Frankensche Stiftung in Halle as written on the label.

Ex collection Dr. Dieter Bartnik, Leipzig.

Comes with a - copy - of the handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aluminite

Formula: 
Al2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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