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Haidingerite & Guérinite

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Haidingerite & Guérinite

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Description
Locality: 
Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Colourless haidingerite from Richelsdorf. Minor sainfieldite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Haidingerite

Formula: 
CaHAsO4·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Guérinite

Formula: 
Ca5(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·9H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.75
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany