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Meixnerite

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Meixnerite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
In der Gleisen Quarry, Sankt Oswald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Outstanding yellow prismatic crystals of the extremely rare mineral meixnerite (photos 1, 2) from the type locality in Austria, associated to colorless arrowed aragonite crystals (photos 3,4).

Meixnerite from the TL in Austria is very rarely seen in the systematic mineral market.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
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Meixnerite

Formula: 
Mg6Al2(OH)16(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
"In der Gleisen" Quarry, Nöchling, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria...

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