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Scorodite On Quartz

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Scorodite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Hemerdon Bal Open Working, Plympton, Devon, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

A rich coverage of lustrous gemmy to translucent blue scorodite crystals with excellent crystal form. The crystals are elongate and display parallel growth, most are doubly terminated. The scorodite crystals adorn limonite coated quartz crystals in a milky quartz matrix. Nice British scorodite specimen

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

Quartz

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