Niedermayrite
Adit No. 16, Villia mines, Elaiochori, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm. A rich specimen covered with colorful blue microcrystals of this extremely rare Cadmium Copper Sulfate species named after Gerhard Niedermayr (b. 1941), mineralogist and geologist, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. While not from the same mine as the type material, this is from a recent find which was available at the ...
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