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Wendwilsonite & Cobaltlotharmeyerite

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Wendwilsonite & Cobaltlotharmeyerite

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Description
Locality: 
Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.9 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Several well-formed deep purplish-red wendwilsonite crystals up to 6 mm on matrix associated with tiny brown crystals of cobaltlotharmeyerite and green botryoidal cobaltaustinite.
A great specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wendwilsonite

Formula: 
Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Cobaltlotharmeyerite

Formula: 
Ca(Co,Fe3+,Ni)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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