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Atelestite & Eulytine

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Atelestite & Eulytine

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

Rich specimen of white to pale yellow atelestite microcrystal groups on quartz with darkbrown, spherical eulytine on matrix.

Rare specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Eulytine

Formula: 
Bi4(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.40
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany