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Roselite

Kay Robertson collection
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Description
Locality: 
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 5.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a wonderful specimen of roselite from the type locality out of the Kay Robertson collection. A large vug on one end of the piece is full of sharp, bright crystals on quartz matrix very much resembling Morrocoan specimens. Kay marked several small vugs with arrows for an unknown metallic mineral. A really aesthetic and high quality example of roselite from the type locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roselite

Formula: 
Ca2(Co2+,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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