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Hloušekite Babánekite Lavendulan & Strashimirite

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Hloušekite Babánekite Lavendulan & Strashimirite

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Description
Locality: 
Rovnost Mine, Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 4.8 × 4 cm
Description

Perfect combo of rare minerals from Jáchymov. Light green tabular crystals of hloušekite (EDAX confirmed), are owergrowing with lavendulan. Nice babánekite crystal aggregate is on the specimen as well (EDAX confirmed).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hloušekite

Formula: 
(Ni,Co)Cu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·9H2O
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Geister vein ("sv. Duch" vein), Rovnost Mine (Werner Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic...

Babánekite

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Geister vein ("sv. Duch" vein), Rovnost Mine (Werner Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic...

Lavendulan

Formula: 
NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DG.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Strashimirite

Formula: 
Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.12
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zapachitsa Cu deposit (Zapacica), Bov, Svoge Obshtina, Sofiya Oblast (Sofia Oblast), Bulgaria

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