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Rappoldite

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Description
Locality: 
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.3 cm
Description

Rappoldite crystal from Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Reference List:
Effenberger, H., Krause, W., Bernhardt, H.-J. and Martin, M. (2000): On the symmetry of tsumcorite group minerals based on the new species rappoldite and zincgartrellite. Mineralogical Magazine: 64: 1109-1126.
Lapis (2005): 30(7/8): 69.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rappoldite

Formula: 
Pb(Co,Ni,Zn)2(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany