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Dussertite & Carminite

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Dussertite & Carminite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 4 × 1.2 cm
Description

Limonite matrix with vugs lined lustrous golden dussertite covering scorodite crystals and deep red sprays of micro carmine crystals. The yellow mineral found in some vugs is believed to be segnitite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dussertite

Formula: 
BaFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Djebel Debar (Djebel Debagh), Hammam Meskoutine, Guelma, Constantine Province, Algeria

Carminite

Formula: 
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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