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Atelestite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Junge Kalbe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

A unusual sharp and lustrous atelestite crystal in a vug of the matrix.

Rare !

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