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Claraite & Theisite

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Claraite & Theisite

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Description
Locality: 
Sommerau, Kufstein District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

A fine combination piece from Sommerau-Brixlegg with tiny turquoise blue crystals and crusts of claraite, pale-green balls of theisite, dark blue azurite crystals and some minor light blue schulenbergite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Claraite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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
Cartils Minerals

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