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Fluckite

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Description
Locality: 
Giftgrube Mine, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Pale pink fluckite associated with pharmacolite from the Giftgrube mine, France. Other minerals associated are scorodite and a tennantite/tetrahedrite mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluckite

Formula: 
CaMn2+(HAsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France