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Nesquehonite

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Nesquehonite

Ex University of Amsterdam
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very rich coverage of white masses of the magnesium-carbonate nesquehonite on serpentine matrix.
Collected by Dutch geologists in the 1950's. Ex Geological Institute of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nesquehonite

Formula: 
MgCO3·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.CA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Nesquehoning Coal Mine, Nesquehoning, Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Cartils Minerals

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