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Walpurgite Torbernite Eulytine & Mixite

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CZM121520

Walpurgite Torbernite Eulytine & Mixite

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very nice specimen with gree torbernite crystals up to 2 mm partly growing together with walpurgite. White to black spheres of eulytite occures in paragenesis and also rich aggregate of green mixite. Nice complex specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Walpurgite

Formula: 
(BiO)4(UO2)(AsO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.EA.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Eulytine

Formula: 
Bi4(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.40
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
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

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