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Smolyaninovite Psm Cobaltite & Erythrite

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Smolyaninovite Psm Cobaltite & Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4.2 × 2.2 cm
Description

A matrix once rich in cobaltite cubes, has had these bright silver cubes pseudomorphed by orange brown smolianinovite, also erthyrite in bright pink sprays has coated this matrix and also been replaced, giving the specimen a some what earthy appearance.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smolyaninovite

Formula: 
(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)3(Fe3+,Al)2(AsO4)4·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.55
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co deposit, Tuva Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Cobaltite

Formula: 
CoAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
Hardness: 
5.5

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
Earthstones Australia

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