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Serpierite & Fluorite

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Locality: 
Clayton Mine, Ecton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Fine specimen decorated with blue serpierite crystal aggregates in association with white rice-grain-like smithsonite crystals and bronze-coloured chalcopyrite crystals on fluorite crystals. This is an interesting paragenesis specimen. Comes with an old label from R. S. W. BRAITHWAITE.

The specimen comes from the collection of Dr. G. Jung, who received it from R. S. W. Braithwaite.

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This auction exclusively features large collection specimens, with a minimum size of 3 centimetres (most pieces are significantly larger). These are exceptional or unusual collection specimens from times gone by, some with historical labels and, in most cases, with detailed information about their previous owners and other interesting facts.

Mineral Data
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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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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€6.50
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€10
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€12
USA (tracked, > 0,5 kg)
€22
European Union (tracked, > 1 kg)
€18
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