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Monheimite & Chalcedony

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Monheimite & Chalcedony

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Description
Locality: 
San Valentín Quarry, Sancti Spiritu, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4.8 × 3 cm
Weight: 
69.00gr
Description

Very nice sample of monheimite crystals over chalcedony in a greenalite matrix.

In this piece, monheimite crystals have the typical grain of rice form which is so characteristic of this mineral
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monheimite

Variety Of: 

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

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