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Scorodite On Löllingite

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Scorodite On Löllingite

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Description
Locality: 
Lölling, Hüttenberger Erzberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Old specimen of metallic grey rosettes of löllingite, probably from the type locality, with a cavity covered by good olive green scorodite crystals, that reach 3 mm in size, with intense adamantine lustre. Ex. Ennio Contarini (specimen #5065).

With two old labels, one that can be dated back for the period (1890's-1931) from "Gasser's Mineralien-Kontor” of Georg Gasser (1857-1931).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scorodite

Formula: 
Fe3+AsO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Langenberg, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Löllingite

Formula: 
FeAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Wolfbau Mine, Lölling District, Hüttenberger Erzberg, Hüttenberg, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria

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