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Rauenthalite

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Rauenthalite

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Description
Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.3 × 2.4 cm
Description

From the Type Locality, a very fine example of the calcium-arsenate rauenthalite.
The specimen has a good coverage of spherical aggregates of tiny colourless acicular rauenthalite crystals associated with larger tufts of white to pale yellow needles and lath-like crystals of picropharmacolite.
Looks beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rauenthalite

Formula: 
Ca3(AsO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.40
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Cartils Minerals

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