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Picropharmacolite Erythrite & Sainfeldite

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Picropharmacolite Erythrite & Sainfeldite

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Description
Locality: 
Tamdrost, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 1.3 cm
Description

White tufts of picropharmacolite with purplish sainfeldite and pink to reddish erythrite.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Picropharmacolite

Formula: 
Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Needles and encrustations
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süss, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany

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

Sainfeldite

Formula: 
CaCa2Ca2(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
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