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Carminite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Ste Barbe Vein, Compagnie Minière des Montmins, Échassières, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.8 × 2.7 cm
Description

specimen with many beautiful red crystals of carminite on matrix from this classic locality.

c. 1758

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carminite

Formula: 
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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