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Okruschite

found by G.Möhn
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Description
Locality: 
Sailauf, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

Small white paraell grown crystal-groups of the new species Okruschite up to 0.5 mm large are sitting on Arseniosiderite.
Okruschite is a rare unusal Beryllium-containing Ca-Mn-Arsenate and i get this speciem from the first finder, it´s part of the typ-material from the location.
Sorry I´m not able to make good pictures of this rare mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Okruschite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+5Be4(AsO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Hösbach, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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