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Schneiderhöhnite Parasymplesite & Karibibite

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Schneiderhöhnite Parasymplesite & Karibibite

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Description
Locality: 
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Fantastic specimen featuring several lustrous rosettes of black schneiderhoehnite, green groups of parasymplesite, orange tufts of karibibite and green cubes of pharmacosiderite; bought in Oumlil on 2008

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schneiderhöhnite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+3[As5O13]
Strunz: 
4.JA.35
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Parasymplesite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Kiura mine (Shin-Kiura mine; Kiura emery mine), Saiki City, Oita prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

Karibibite

Formula: 
Fe2As4O9
Strunz: 
4.JA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia