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Alumohydrocalcite

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Alumohydrocalcite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Hamilton, Diablo Range, Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Pale pink, globular alumohydrocalcite on matrix. Rich specimen from Dr. Georg Gebhard collection.

Ex Franz Bauer collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alumohydrocalcite

Formula: 
CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Potekhina Village, Sorsk, Khakassia Republic (Khakassy Republic; Khakassiya Republic), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia