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Atelestite

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Atelestite

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Description
Locality: 
Neuglücker Stolln, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.3 × 3 cm
Description

Very old specimen with tiny pale yellow and lustrous atelestite crystals in several vugs of the matrix.

Beautiful specimen with old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Labels
Label Images - only: Atelestite
Label Images - only: Atelestite