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Erythrite & Rösslerite

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Erythrite & Rösslerite

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Description
Locality: 
Adam Heber Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 9 × 4 cm
Description

On a matrix of schist with small veinlets of Co-Ni-arsenides and carbonates occur white fuzzy balls of  of pink erythrite with minor rösslerite and  pharmacolite as well as other not yet determined secondary minerals.

The sample has been found during the reopening of the mine in the 1950 years at old excavations.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Rösslerite

Formula: 
Mg(HAsO4)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Fibrous crusts
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
"Im Lochborn" Copper mine, Bieber, Gelnhausen, Spessart, Hesse, Germany...

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110