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Erythrite

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Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Alter Flussberg Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 1.2 cm
Description

A rare sample of Erythrite from a lesser known, abandoned iron and copper mine, first mentioned in 1697 and worked until 1924.

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