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Gordaite & Boleite

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Gordaite & Boleite

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Description
Locality: 
Hettstedt Slag Locality, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

Whiteish platy crystals of Gordaite up to 0.5 mm diameter are sitting in parageneses of also small crystals of blue Boleite on slag.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gordaite

Formula: 
NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.50
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Boleite

Formula: 
KPb26Ag9Cu24(OH)48Cl62
Strunz: 
3.DB.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico

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