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Amicite

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Description
Locality: 
Höwenegg Quarry, Immendingen, Tuttlingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Typical amicite specimen from the type location with some good crystals and with a typical aragonite crystal surronded by (difficult to recognize) merlinoite. From the small amicite filled vein which was discovered at about 1980. The location is now a natural reseve (for its fossils).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amicite

Formula: 
K2Na2Al4Si4O16·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Höwenegg Quarry (Hewenegg Quarry), Immendingen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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