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Rapidcreekite & Šlikite

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Rapidcreekite & Šlikite

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Exceptional good filigrane white to colourless rapidcreekite with pale brown Šlikite from the Uranus mine, Saxony, Germany. 

Very rich and good!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rapidcreekite

Formula: 
Ca2(SO4)(CO3)·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

Šlikite

Formula: 
Zn2Mg(CO3)2(OH)2·4H2O
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2
Colour: 
Snow-White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vladimír Mine, Ostrov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic