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Hemimorphite & Quartz

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Hemimorphite & Quartz

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Van Diemen's Land Mines, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 9.5 × 7.5 cm
Weight: 
420.00gr
Description

A very rare large cabinet sized specimen of hemimorphite crystals from this classic Irish mining region. The creamy coloured hemimorphite crystals form small, spherical clusters on white quartz crystals lining cavities in a heavy, brecciated quartz matrix. LC

The specimen will be supplied boxed and labelled.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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