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Barahonaite-(Fe) Arsenocrandallite & Yukonite

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Barahonaite-(Fe) Arsenocrandallite & Yukonite

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Description
Locality: 
La Reconquistada Claim, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

A rich, small specimen with barahonaite fe crystals. That see under microscope. With white massiv arsenocrandallite, conichalcite crystals and massive reddish brown yukonite. On one place the color of barahonaite is a little bit blue. But it is to weak, to say, it is barahonaite al. Perhaps an analysis help here.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barahonaite-(Fe)

Formula: 
(Ca,Cu,Na,Fe3+,Al)12Fe3+2(AsO4)8(OH,Cl)x·nH2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.60
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
La Reconquistada claim (prospect near Dolores mine), Pastrana, Mazarrón-Águilas, Murcia, Spain

Arsenocrandallite

Formula: 
CaAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Neubulach, Calw, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Yukonite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DM.25
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
brown
Type Locality: 
Daulton Mine, Windy Arm, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada