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Hydrozincite & Calcite

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Hydrozincite & Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Gåsgruvan, Persberg, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm
Description

Two colour specimen from gasgruvan dump. The matrix is rich on sphalerite. The fluorescent minerals are hydrozincite, bright blueish white, and calcite with red fluorescence colour. We obtained direct from the finder.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White