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Barahonaite-(Al) Arsenocrandallite & Arsenogoyazite

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Barahonaite-(Al) Arsenocrandallite & Arsenogoyazite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
La Reconquistada Claim, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 3.5 × 1 cm
Description

Light green barahonaite Al crystals with light blue arsenocrandallite balls and minor spheres of white arsenogoyazite.

Enjoy under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barahonaite-(Al)

Formula: 
(Ca,Cu,Na,Fe3+,Al)12Al2(AsO4)8(OH,Cl)x·nH2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.60
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
La Reconquistada claim (prospect near Dolores mine), Pastrana, Mazarrón-Águilas, Murcia, Spain

Arsenocrandallite

Formula: 
CaAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Neubulach, Calw, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Arsenogoyazite

Formula: 
SrAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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