Zincowoodwardite, Serpierite
Christiana Mine, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Zincowoodwardite is part of the Woodwardite Group, and is a hydrated zinc aluminum sulfate. It's the zinc analogue of woodwardite, named after Samuel Pickworth Woodward, a British geologist. Serpierite was named in 1881 after Giovanni Battista Serpieri who was an Italian mining entrepreneur, and a developer of mines in the Lavrion District, ...
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