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Jeanbandyite Arsenopyrite & Scorodite

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Jeanbandyite Arsenopyrite & Scorodite

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Description
Locality: 
Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Matrix with cavities containing arsenopyrite crystals with small, yellow jeandandyite crystals and light blue scorodite. J8

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jeanbandyite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+)[Sn4+(OH)6]
Strunz: 
4.FC.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosí Department, Bolivia

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Scorodite

Formula: 
Fe3+AsO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Langenberg, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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