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Schneebergite & Waylandite

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Schneebergite & Waylandite

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Description
Locality: 
Roter Berg, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

A good example of the rare bismuth-cobalt-nickel-arsenate schneebergite with a good coverage of tiny yellow to light brown lath-like crystals on quartz matrix, associated with green blocky waylandite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schneebergite

Formula: 
(Bi3+,Ca)(Co,Ni,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Waylandite

Formula: 
BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Wampewo Hill, Busiiro Co. (Bushiro Co.), Wakiso District, Uganda
Cartils Minerals

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