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Petitjeanite & Pucherite

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Petitjeanite & Pucherite

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Description
Locality: 
Pucher Shaft, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm
Description

A rich specimen of tiny yellow petitjeanite microcrystals and golden brown pucherite crystal groups on matrix.

Collected 1999.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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