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Erythrite & Arseniosiderite

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Erythrite & Arseniosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.25cm
Description

Piece of granite and baryte with a coating of brown Arseniosiderite and nice crystals of erythrine. Good sample for the location. Collected from dumps in the Böckelsbachtal in July 1967.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Erythrite

Formula: 
Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Arseniosiderite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+3(AsO4)3O2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Manganese deposit, Romanèche-Thorens, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France

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