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Haidingerite & Picropharmacolite

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Haidingerite & Picropharmacolite

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with nice white/transparent blades of haidingerite on matrix with more aciccular picropharmacolite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Haidingerite

Formula: 
CaHAsO4·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Picropharmacolite

Formula: 
Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Needles and encrustations
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süss, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany

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