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Pachnolite & Strengite

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Pachnolite & Strengite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
El Criollo Mine, Cerro Blanco, Tanti, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1.6 cm
Description

An absolute rarity!

White pachnolite crystals associated to pink strengite.

 

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pachnolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6]·H2O
Strunz: 
3.CB.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany