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Agardite-(Ce) & Cornwallite

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Agardite-(Ce) & Cornwallite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7.5 × 4 cm
Description

Beautiful pale green sprays of agardite-Ce with minor bluegreen cornwallite balls all over the specimen.

Very rich and good specimen, collected 1981

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Agardite-(Ce)

Formula: 
CeCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Cornwallite

Formula: 
Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK