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Hemimorphite

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Hemimorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Gledasan Mines, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Nice pale blue hemimorphite on a contrasting matrix from an uncommonly offered Irish locality. Rare material.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals