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Sailaufite & Baryte

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Sailaufite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Sailauf, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.2 × 4 cm
Description

Black brown sailaufite associated with baryte and calcite on matrix. 

Very rich and good specimen, type locality!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sailaufite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)2Mn3+3(AsO4)2(CO3)O2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Hösbach, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Sailaufite & Baryte
Analysis Report - only: Sailaufite & Baryte