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Ramshorn Gypsum & Sklodowskite

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Ramshorn Gypsum & Sklodowskite

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Description
Locality: 
Paliokamariza Mines, Lavrion District, Attica, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.8 × 7.5 × 8.5 cm
Weight: 
383.00gr
Description

Beautiful Gypsum var 'Ram's Horn' specimen from the Paliokamariza mines displaying aerial and tridimensional formations with a very well and centrally placed sinuated main crystal, on a sparkling crystallized Gypsum matrix with minor yellow Sklodowskite crystals embedded within the clear Gypsum microcrystals, as traces and not as a full acicular crystallization. Very nice and not common combination

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ramshorn Gypsum

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

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

Sklodowskite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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