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Hydrozincite & Langite

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Hydrozincite & Langite

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Description
Locality: 
Ochsenhütte Slag Locality, Grane Reservoir, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Hydrozinkite and langite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Langite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK