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Rare Mineral Species

Thursday, 09 January 2025 06:00 PM

Introducing the "Rare Mineral Species" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including florencite-(ce), and hannebachite and more from places like Papachacra, Belen dept., Catamarca, Argentina, and Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Florencite-(Ce)

#BAC65274
Locality
Papachacra, Belen dept., Catamarca, Argentina 
Formula
CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 
Availability
Available
Price
$30.00
Size
2 x 1.2 x 1 cm - Thumbnail 
Tagged
phosphate , REE mineral  

Orange crystal to about 0.3mm on Microcline matrix.


Florencite-(Ce)

Formula
CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 
Crystal System
Trigonal 
Cleavage
Good, None, None 
Luster
Resinous - Greasy 
Color
colorless, gray, light yellow, pink 
Streak
white 
Class
Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral 
Fracture
Brittle - Conchoidal 
Hardness
5-6 
Collection
William & Anne Cook Collection

Hannebachite

#BAC65149
Locality
Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 
Formula
(CaSO3)2·H2
Availability
Available
Price
$60.00
Size
2.8 x 2 x 1.9 cm - Thumbnail 

Very thin platy crystals less than 1mm in vugs.


Hannebachite

Formula
(CaSO3)2·H2
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
colorless 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Hardness
3.5 
Collection
William & Anne Cook Collection

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