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Ramsbeckite & Serpierite & Hydrozincite On Pyrite

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Ramsbeckite & Serpierite & Hydrozincite On Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Ramsbeckite with serpierite and hydrozinckite on pyrite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ramsbeckite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.60
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Serpierite

Formula: 
Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5