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Pucherite & Petitjeanite

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Pucherite & Petitjeanite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Pucher Shaft, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Sharp translucent, brown and lustrous pucherite crystals on a bed of pale yellow petitjeanite and whitish preisingerite microcrystals.

Beautiful old specimen with nice old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pucherite

Formula: 
Bi(VO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.40
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Petitjeanite

Formula: 
Bi3(PO4)2O(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BO.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Bergweg, Gadernheim, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany