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Scorodite & Arsenopyrite

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Scorodite & Arsenopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Barruecopardo Mine, Salamanca, Castile & León, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 3.9 cm
Description

Light green scorodite microcrystals in a matrix of white phyllosilicates and dull grey well formed arsenopyrite crystals. I collected this specimen at the upper, East side of the big Barruecopardo open cut mine, a scheelite-rich stockwork greisen exploited for Wolfram during the second world war.

Uncommon in collections.

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

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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