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Unnamed Gordaite

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Unnamed Gordaite

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Description
Locality: 
Herzog Julius Smelter Slag Locality, Astfeld, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Well-formed, transparent, blue hexagonal crystals of the unnamed gordaite related calcium-zinc-sulphate-chloride-hydrate slag phase from the Herzog Julius smelter. These crystals are usually erroneously labeled as namuwite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gordaite

Formula: 
NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.50
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Cartils Minerals

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