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Wendwilsonite & Cobaltaustinite

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Wendwilsonite & Cobaltaustinite

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Description
Locality: 
Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

A very rich specimen from Aghbar mine that I bought in Ourzazate at Ali Madoud mineral shop on 2008. It features several red pointed wendwilsonite crystals with many dark green, lustrous balls of cobaltaustinite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wendwilsonite

Formula: 
Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Cobaltaustinite

Formula: 
CaCo(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta), Olary Province, South Australia, Australia