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Tooeleite

Raman & SEM-EDS conf.

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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: 
3.5 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

Raman & SEM-EDS confirmed tooeleite from the Uranus mine, Germany. Second found arsenite mineral at the mine after seelite. 

Very rich sample, coated on both sides. 

 

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