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Kaolinite Var Teratolite

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Kaolinite Var Teratolite

Staatliche Mineralien-Niederlage Freiberg,Sa. (Saxony/Germany)
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Planitz, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm
Description

 Nice piece of teratolite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kaolinite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Gaoling Mine (Kauling Mine), Gaoling village, Ehu town, Fuliang Co., Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

Teratolite

Mixture Of: 

Kaolinite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Mica