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Hydromagnesite

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Hydromagnesite

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Description
Locality: 
Guleman Mines, Guleman, Elâzığ Province, Turkey
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 7 × 5 cm
Weight: 
560.00gr
Description

Beautiful silky white sprays of hadromagnesite crystals very rich on matrix.

With black chromite crystals.

Ex Wolfgang Schneider collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydromagnesite

Formula: 
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Castle Point, Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA