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Arsenopyrite & Axinite-(Fe)

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Arsenopyrite & Axinite-(Fe)

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Description
Locality: 
Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery district, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Sharp bright crystals of Arsenopyrite occur with brownish transluscent ferroaxinite crystals on an arsenopyrite and quartz base.

No damage. Interesting combination and unusual locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Axinite-(Fe)

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...
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