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Kemmlitzite & Cabalzarite

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Kemmlitzite & Cabalzarite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Falotta, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with many rhombohedral crystals and crystal fragments of rare kemmlitzite in manganese oxides. There are also some sparse red patches of cabalzarite and some tilasite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kemmlitzite

Formula: 
SrAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Kemmlitz, Mügeln, Döbeln, Saxony, Germany

Cabalzarite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg,Al,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Falotta, Tinizong (Tinzen), Oberhalbstein (Surses; Sursass), Albula Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland

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