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Claraite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Falkenstein, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Nice specimen with groups and balls of light blue claraite on dolomite matrix.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Claraite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany