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Phaunouxite Picropharmacolite & Erythrite

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Phaunouxite Picropharmacolite & Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Bauhaus, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.5 × 2 cm
Description

Small white phaunouxite balls with small pink erythrite sprays and white acicular picropharmacolite needles

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phaunouxite

Formula: 
Ca3(AsO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.40
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Picropharmacolite

Formula: 
Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Needles and encrustations
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süss, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany

Erythrite

Formula: 
Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany