Switch currency

Nesquehonite & Huntite

Views:
Watches:
UMM1158668

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

This piece is a small curiosity. The piece was found in the Uranus mine in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony. It is an iron cable holder. The minerals limonite, huntite and nesquehonite have formed on the upper surface.

Note: It is now possible to send packages to the USA again.The bad news is that the price per package has increased to €20. The good news is that I can send 2kg for this price.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nesquehonite

Formula: 
MgCO3·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.CA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Nesquehoning Coal Mine, Nesquehoning, Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Huntite

Formula: 
CaMg3(CO3)4
Strunz: 
5.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ala-Mar deposit (Currant Creek deposit; Manzoni deposit), Currant District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

Es gelten die allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen nach deutschem BGB.