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Nickeline & Annabergite

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Nickeline & Annabergite

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Description
Locality: 
Himmlisch Heer Mine, Cunersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

A unusual large and heavy sample of typical reddish bronze massive nickeline on a small amount of matrix associated with a rich coverage of pale green earthy annabergite. A rich classic sample from the Dorothea adit of the Himmlisch Heer Mine in Cunersdorf, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, comes with an old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Annabergite

Formula: 
Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Teichgräber Flacher vein, Teichgräber deep adit, Kippenhain Mine (Kippenhayn Mine), Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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