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Erythrite

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Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Agoudal Mines, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Aggregate of sharp erythrite blades aerially placed in the centre of a crystallized quartz matrix of good size. The magenta red colour is impressive, with very good lustre. On the erythrite there are a spherical growths of an unidentified turquoise-blue mineral, probably lavendulan.

Acquired in to miners in Bou Azzer in 2009.

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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