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Tangdanite & Claraite

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Tangdanite & Claraite

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Description
Locality: 
Sommerau, Kufstein District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Radiating tangdanite & blue spheres of claraite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tangdanite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(SO4)0.5(OH)9·9H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tangdan Mine, Dongchuan Cu ore field, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

Claraite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany