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Bismutoferrite With Atelestite

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Bismutoferrite With Atelestite

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Description
Locality: 
Smrkovec, Slavkovský Les Mountain, Mariánské Lázně, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Green balls of atelestite on yellow bismutoferrite crusts.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismutoferrite

Formula: 
Fe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
9.ED.25
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Atelestite

Formula: 
Bi2(AsO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BO.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Neuhilfe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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