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Sainfeldite

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Sainfeldite

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Description
Locality: 
Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Sainfieldite in purple aggregates around the specimen accompanied by one of the typical colourless arsenate minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sainfeldite

Formula: 
CaCa2Ca2(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France