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Ferrarisite & Sainfeldite

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Ferrarisite & Sainfeldite

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Description
Locality: 
Richelsdorf District, Wildeck, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Colorless ferrarisite crystals with pink sainfieldite crystals and white guerinite crystals on matrix  ( For original close-up photo contact us )

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferrarisite

Formula: 
Ca5(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·9H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Sainfeldite

Formula: 
CaCa2Ca2(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France