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Theophrastite

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Theophrastite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Vermion Mountain, Pélla, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.15 × 0.15 cm
Description

Two single crystal aggregates of the very rare nickel hydroxide mineral theophrastite from the type locality in Vermion district, Greece.

Theophrastite is the nickel analog of brucite.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Theophrastite

Formula: 
Ni(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FE.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Vermion Mt, Pélla Prefecture, Macedonia Department, Greece

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