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Cinnabar Theisite & Tyrolite

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Cinnabar Theisite & Tyrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Falkenstein, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

A very fine combination piece from Falkenstein with red crusts of cinnabar, blue-green radiating spheres of tyrolite, some light green balls of theisite and possible some adamite/olivenite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CD.15a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Theisite

Formula: 
Cu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
Strunz: 
8.BE.75
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
Off-white
Type Locality: 
Tuckerville prospects, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA

Tyrolite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.DM.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Falkenstein, Falkenstein District, Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Cartils Minerals

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