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Carminite & Plumbogummite

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Carminite & Plumbogummite

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Description
Locality: 
Ste Barbe Vein, Compagnie Minière des Montmins, Échassières, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.9 × 1 cm
Description

Matrix with a vug containing a lovely cluster of deep red carminite micro crystals associated with yellow plumbogummite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Plumbogummite

Formula: 
PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France

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