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Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Sara Alicia Mine, San Bernardo, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.8 × 3 cm
Description

Erythrite is a very uncommon mineral from Mexico. This specimen from my own collection is a sizeable and very rich example with numerous sprays of good coloured crystals that provide great contrast with the matrix.

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