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Schneiderhöhnite & Scorodite

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Schneiderhöhnite & Scorodite

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Description
Locality: 
Boca Rica Claim, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

some cluster of black schneiderhoenite on scorodite with some balls of scorodite psm after karibibite

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

Scorodite

Formula: 
Fe3+AsO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Langenberg, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany