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Mixite & Preisingerite

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Mixite & Preisingerite

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Description
Locality: 
Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

several green tufts of mixite with tiny yellow preisingerite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mixite

Formula: 
BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Preisingerite

Formula: 
Bi3(AsO4)2O(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BO.10
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
San Francisco de los Andes mine, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan, Argentina