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Hemimorphite

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Hemimorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Congo (Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 6.5 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
259.00gr
Description

Very nice and very bright  carpet of tabular Hemimorphite crystals up to 6 mm  collected in sheaves implanted on limonite matrix

Mineral Data
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Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania