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Chongite

SC-XRD, SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed

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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: 
3.2 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm
Description

SC-XRD, SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed chongite on pharmacolite from the Uranus mine, Germany.  Analysis in the analytical section. 

Chongite is a sainfieldite group mineral (Raman reference is sainfieldite). 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chongite

Formula: 
Ca3Mg2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O
Group Parent: 
Hureaulite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Chongite
Analysis Report - only: Chongite
Analysis Report - only: Chongite
Analysis Report - only: Chongite