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Carminite

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

Sprays of fire-red carminite crystals near some segnitite crytsals on matrix. This speciem I found myself in August 2005 on the Clara dumps at Kirnbach.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carminite

Formula: 
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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