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Weilite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bauhaus, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.3 × 2 cm
Description

Very rich specimen of typical white prismatic weilite crystals with pink erythrite and minor clear pharmacolite crystals.

Beautiful specimen from Günter Schnorrer collection. Collected in the 1970s

Rare and pXRD confirmed specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Weilite

Formula: 
Ca(HAsO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany