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Hydrozincite Psm Zincite

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Hydrozincite Psm Zincite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Bleyberg Smelter, Plombieres, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

Spongy aggregate of transparent acicular crystals of zincite with the surfaces totally covered by ivory-white hydrozincite. Under ultraviolet light hydrozincite fluoresces whitish-blue and the cores of zincite are fluorescent in a apple green colour. Cute specimen from the super classic European locality. In Plombières, zinc and lead was produced until in 1922 when the last 5 reduction furnaces ceased production.

Collected before 1980 by Joseph Verbist, who was the CEO of the CMB (Compagnie Maritime Belge).

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Zincite

Formula: 
(Zn,Mn2+,Fe2+)O
Strunz: 
4.AB.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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Shipping Information

Postage Area Price
Belgium <2Kg (Unregistered)
3
NL, DE, FR, LU <2Kg (Unregistered)
8
Rest EU <2Kg (Unregistered)
9
EUROPE (NO EU) <2Kg (Unregistered)
9
USA <2Kg (Unregistered)
10
REST OF THE WORLD <2Kg (Unregistered)
10

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