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Trögerite & Atelestite

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Trögerite & Atelestite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher Vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Tiny yellow, tabular trögerite crystals with pale yellow, globular atelestite microcrystals on matrix.

Nice specimen from Armin Wendland collection. RARE

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Trögerite

Formula: 
(UO2)3(AsO4)2·12H2O (?)
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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