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Sainfeldite & Picropharmacolite

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Sainfeldite & Picropharmacolite

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Description
Locality: 
Richelsdorf District, Wildeck, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Pink sainfeldite with picropharmacolite from the Richelsdorf district, Hesse, Germany. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sainfeldite

Formula: 
CaCa2Ca2(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Picropharmacolite

Formula: 
Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Needles and encrustations
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süss, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany