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Calamine

Ex Groom-Napier, ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Altenberg Mine, Kelmis, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

White, globular aggregates of calamine on matrix from the classic Altenberg / Kelmis / Moresnet mining area near Aachen, Germany. A 19th century classic with label of notorious Charles Ottley Groom-Napier (1839-1894) alias "Prince of Mantua and Montferrat" ("Mus. M&M"), comes with antique M&M label.
Weight: 20 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calamine

Synonym Of: 

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Smithsonite

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

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