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Hemimorphite & Hydrozincite

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Hemimorphite & Hydrozincite

Ex Jordi Fabre specimen

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Description
Locality: 
La Florida, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 3.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A rich coverage of well-formed, lustrous, brown hemimorphite crystals up to 5 mm on a matrix of white botryoidal hydrozincite.
Fluorescent under SWUV en LWUV.
Collected in 1997.

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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