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Glaucocerinite Psm Selenite

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Glaucocerinite Psm Selenite

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Description
Locality: 
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 4.1 × 2.2 cm
Description

This is a rare and highly unusual example of glaucocerinite from the type locality. The piece shows a psimatic, hollowed tube that is covered with glaucocerinite and that most probably is an encrustation pseudomorph after selenite. At any case, it has a very bizarre form and good size for this rare species!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Glaucocerinite

Formula: 
(Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2·nH2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.35
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Selenite

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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