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Erythrite & Smolyaninovite

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Erythrite & Smolyaninovite

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Description
Locality: 
Bou Azzer Mine, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm
Description

Very nice deep magenta balls of acicular erythrite crystals associated with rare smolianinovite replacing skutterudite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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
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