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Hemimorphite

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Hemimorphite

Classic Locality
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Altenberg Mine, Kelmis, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm
Description

By far the rarest specimen in this auction. Once the largest Zinc mine in Europe, the Altenberg Open Pit was closed in 1884 and specimens are nowadays very rare. This excellent and rare sample has a very rich coverage of small colourless crystals of hemimorphite on matrix. Looks beautiful under magnification.

Comes with a nice old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania
Cartils Minerals

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