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Roselite On Quartz

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Roselite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Taghouni Mine, Taghouni, Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

Quality roselite is well known in Morocco, mainly from Aghbar and Agoudal mines. However, this is an uncommon locality specimen from Taghouni, featuring magenta red crystals of roselite richly covering a matrix of prismatic quartz crystals (some sceptres), and sharp dull euhedral skutterudite. The matrix is completely different at the other mines, and I bought it directly from Taghouni miners the day it was extracted: September/2nd/2015. Taghouni is not so well known for roselite but very good crystals have been found there.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roselite

Formula: 
Ca2(Co2+,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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