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β-Roselite & Roselite

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β-Roselite & Roselite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 5 × 4.8 cm
Description

This is a very esthetic specimen of orange-red, lustrous and large ß-Roselite crystal clusters ond deep red, sharp roselite crystals in a vug of the matrix.

Very good specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

β-Roselite

Formula: 
Ca2(Co2+,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Red, pale
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Roselite

Formula: 
Ca2(Co2+,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany