Description
Specimen of white globular rauenthalite on a gray matrix.
Mineral from the Giftgrube mine in Sainte Marie aux Mines, Haut-Rhin, Alsace (Vosges mountains).
Rare minerals have been found in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, in a mining network developed from the Renaissance to the 19th century, but the deposit can no longer be prospected.
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