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Brucite & Kämmererite

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Brucite & Kämmererite

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Description
Locality: 
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Turkey
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Clear white brucite crystals on purple kämmererite.

Brucite crystals are rare from this locality.

Found in the 1970s

Ex collection Dipl. Min. Manfred Schaeffer, Detmold.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brucite

Formula: 
Mg(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FE.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Castle Point, Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA

Kämmererite

Variety Of: 

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white

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