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Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Erythrite is an uncommon mineral in the UK with Tynebottom Mine being the best known of a handful
of locations. This is a good representative specimen of the species from the location with nice little crystal of good colour.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals