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Hemimorphite On Chalcedony On Scholzite

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Hemimorphite On Chalcedony On Scholzite

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Description
Locality: 
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

A beautiful once off specimen the likes of which you will most definitely never see again, the association is rare as is the build-up.

Featuring scholzite sprays that have crystallized directly on the matrix coated by sparkly white chalcedony that resemble isolated finger like stalactites that stand out aesthetically against the contrasting blue background.

Three rare hemimorphite stars are perched on three individual finger terminations.

Reacts to shortwave UV glowing bright yellow/green.

 

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

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

Scholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic or platy crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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