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Weilite & Picropharmacolite

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Weilite & Picropharmacolite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bauhaus, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7.5 × 2 cm
Description

Tiny tabular weilite crystals with beautiful picropharmacolite sprays on a matrix.

Beautiful specimen from Günter Schnorrer collection.

Rare !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Weilite

Formula: 
Ca(HAsO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Picropharmacolite

Formula: 
Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Needles and encrustations
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süss, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany