Search Archived Mineral Specimens
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Coal mine, Mány, Bicskei dist., Fejér Co., Hungary
- Formula
- CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O
- Size
- Thumbnail 2.5x2x1.5cm
- Tagged
- carbonate
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Kochsandorite is a very rare calcium-aluminum carbonate found at only three localities in the world. At this locality it is found in a coal mine in a matrix of carbonaceous shale. The Kochsandorite is a bundle of silky fibrous crystals too small to measure.
