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Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.3 × 2.8 cm
Description

Classic German erythrite.

Nice sprays of erythrite needles up to 9 mm on contrastive quartz matrix.

Impressive old sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Erythrite

Formula: 
Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany