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Fraipontite & Hemimorphite

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Fraipontite & Hemimorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Prullans, La Cerdanya, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

  White crust of fraipontite over matrix coverred by smalls tiny microscrystals of hemimorphite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fraipontite

Formula: 
(Zn,Al)3((Si,Al)2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium

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

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