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Köttigite & Parasymplesite

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Köttigite & Parasymplesite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4 × 0.8 cm
Weight: 
17.00gr
Description

Thin limonitic matrix with both sides displaying a dense coverage of radial kottige/parasymplesite series crystals. The crystals are a light grey colour, howver some are coated in cream to brown coloured secondary coatings formed by the repeated flooding and draining of the mine level where the specimen was found.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Köttigite

Formula: 
Zn3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Prismatic crystals or crusts
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Parasymplesite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Kiura mine (Shin-Kiura mine; Kiura emery mine), Saiki City, Oita prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

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