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Harmotome

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Description
Locality: 
St Andreasberg, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

A specimen rich in cross-shaped twinned harmotome and minor galena on typical quartz matrix from the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Harmotome

Formula: 
(Ba0.5,Ca0.5,K,Na)5[Al5Si11O32] ·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany