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Gold & Erythrite

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Gold & Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Taghouni Mine, Taghouni, Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Yellow and highly lustrous wire-shaped gold crystals. The matrix is primarily limonite accompanied with minor erythrite. From 2017 in the Taghouni Mine, Bou Azzer, Draae-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.

Very interesting, impressive and contrasting specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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