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Zeunerite & Walpurgite

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Zeunerite & Walpurgite

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Description
Locality: 
Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

This is a fantastic zeunerite specimen collected 1972 at the famous locale in Germany.

Gemmy green zeunerite crystals with yellow walpurgite microcrystals on matrix.

Very rare !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zeunerite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Walpurgite

Formula: 
(BiO)4(UO2)(AsO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.EA.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany