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Agardite-(La)

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Agardite-(La)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Very rich and very good specimen with numerous pale bluegreen agardite-La hedgehogs all over the specimen.

Collected 1984

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Agardite-(La)

Formula: 
LaCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Dorothea Mine, Freudenstadt, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany