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Globosite

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Colour:Wax-yellow, yellowish ...Hardness:5 - 5½


An ill-defined material, perhaps identical with Strengite. Existing analysis in doubt.

Originally described from Arme Hilfe Mine, Ullersreuth, Hirschberg, Vogtland, Thuringia, Germany.

Classification of Globosite

IMA status:Not Approved
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Physical Properties of Globosite

Lustre:Adamantine, Greasy
Colour:Wax-yellow, yellowish gray
Streak:White
Hardness (Mohs):5 - 5½
Density (measured):2.83 g/cm3

Crystallography of Globosite

Morphology:Small globular concretions.

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Globosite

Reference List:

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Breithaupt (1865) Berg.- und hüttenmännisches Zeitung, Freiberg, Leipzig (merged into Glückauf): 24: 321.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 762.

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    		Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 762.
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