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Hemimorphite & Hydrozincite

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Hemimorphite & Hydrozincite

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Description
Locality: 
Mützhagen Mine, Lontzen, Plombières, Liège Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 6 × 4.7 cm
Description

A very unusual and rare specimen, labeled as being from Maison Blanche, Moresnet, most likely being from the Maison Blanche Shaft of the Mützhagen Mine. The specimen has a rich coverage of colourless hemimorphite crystals and white crusts of hydrozincite on a brown limonite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Cartils Minerals

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