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Böhmite

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Böhmite

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Description
Locality: 
Děpoltovice Quarry, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 8 × 1 cm
Description

White Boehmite spherules with pale brownish crystals of Nordstrandite. Rare minerals from zeolite group from new found in Czech Republic (described in Lapis 12/2008)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Böhmite

Formula: 
AlO(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FE.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
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