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Tooeleite

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed specimen

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed tooeleite from the Uranus mine, Germany. Very rich specimen of this unusual arsenite mineral. Analysis attached.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tooeleite

Formula: 
Fe3+6(As3+O3)4(SO4)(OH)4· 4H2O
Strunz: 
4.JD.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
U.S. Mine (Gold Hill Mine; Last Dollar claims), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Tooeleite
Analysis Report - only: Tooeleite