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Annabergite

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Annabergite

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Locality: 
Candelaria District, Mineral County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

An exceptional thumbnail specimen of annabergite from the Candelaria Mine.   This specimen features clusters of sharp green crystals similar in quality to what one might expect from Lavrion.   Until discovering a few old thumbnails from this mine, I had no idea the species occured in this quality in the United States.

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Annabergite

Formula: 
Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Teichgräber Flacher vein, Teichgräber deep adit, Kippenhain Mine (Kippenhayn Mine), Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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