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Schäferite

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Schäferite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

dark brownish to orange brownish bright luster well terminated crystals up to 3 mm, inter grown in to massive crystal aggregates with some nosean. This are the finest and largest crystals of the rare Ca-Na-Mg-Vanadate ever find

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schäferite

Formula: 
Ca2NaMg2(VO4)3
Strunz: 
8.AC.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany