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Erythrite

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Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.1 × 6.7 × 2.7 cm
Description

Lustrous acicular crystals of erythrite with silky lustre and intense magenta colour, on matrix.

Acquired in 1975, it is an Ex. Gabriel Fauvart specimen.

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

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