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Willemite

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Willemite

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Description
Locality: 
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.25cm
Description

Truely a fantastic and very rich specimen of gemmy white willemite crystals on limonite matrix.

Hundreds of sharp crystals scattered all over the matrix. Very beautiful under a lense or microscope.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium