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Erythrite

ex collection Dr. Fr. Loebich
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Description
Locality: 
Daniel Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Wonderful, fan-shaped, cherry-red erythrite crystal aggregate on quartz matrix. Erythrite specimen from the type locality are very rare and sought after. This one is a small, but very aesthetic one.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Erythrite

Formula: 
Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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