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Hemimorphite

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Hemimorphite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Sa Duchessa Mine, Oridda, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.1 × 4.3 cm
Description

Blueish-grey coloured botryoidal hemimophite with good lustre and translucence on a limonite included matrix. Old material from a long-closed Classic European Locality, now turning up only in old collections.

Acquired in 1967. Ex. Gabriel Fauvart Collection.

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

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