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Nováčekite & Köttigite

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Nováčekite & Köttigite

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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 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

SEM-EDS confirmed pale yellow novacekite associated Mn-Co bearing köttigite on matrix. Analysis on request. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Köttigite

Formula: 
Zn3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Prismatic crystals or crusts
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany