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Cobaltoan Austinite Cobaltlotharmeyerite & Roselite

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Cobaltoan Austinite Cobaltlotharmeyerite & Roselite

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Description
Locality: 
Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

A specimen of deep green balls of cobaltoan austinite filling a cavity with bright balls of cobaltlotharmeyerite and sparsed vivid red roselite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cobaltoan Austinite

Variety Of: 

Austinite

Formula: 
CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Formula: 
Ca(Zn,Co)AsO4(OH)
Hardness: 
0.0

Cobaltlotharmeyerite

Formula: 
Ca(Co,Fe3+,Ni)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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
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