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Zeunerite & Mixite

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Zeunerite & Mixite

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Locality: 
Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.9 cm
Description

Unusual combination of Bi-Cu-arsenate mineral, mixite and U bearing zeunerite. Mixite forms light green radiating sprays, zeunerite forms green platy crystals on quartz-baryte matrix.

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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

Mixite

Formula: 
BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Loranth Minerals

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