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Scorodite & Baryte

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Scorodite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
11.50gr
Description

A perfect gemmy crystal cluster of bright blue, highly lustrous scorodite    (approx. 4.5 mm) set in a quartz druse.
Accentuated by some pharmacosiderite.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scorodite

Formula: 
Fe3+AsO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Langenberg, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White