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Roselite & Cobaltlotharmeyerite

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Roselite & Cobaltlotharmeyerite

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Description
Locality: 
Daniel Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.6 × 1 cm
Description

A small but very rare specimen from Schneeberg with a good coverage of small clusters of tiny dark pink roselite crystals and brown spheres of cobaltlotharmeyerite.  Very rare locality piece, Type Locality for roselite.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roselite

Formula: 
Ca2(Co2+,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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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