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Bassanite

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Description
Locality: 
Kladno Mine, Libušin, Kladno, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm
Weight: 
57.00gr
Description

Very rich specimen featuring hundreds of snow white elongated crystals of bassanite on matrix.

Acquired in 1988 to Dr Klein (Prague) by Wilfred Moorer (1945-2015), #4020.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bassanite

Formula: 
CaSO4·0.5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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