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Phaunouxite & Safflorite

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Phaunouxite & Safflorite

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Description
Locality: 
Wilhelm Mine, Nentershausen, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Phaunouxite on matrix with safflorite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phaunouxite

Formula: 
Ca3(AsO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.40
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Safflorite

Formula: 
(Co,Ni,Fe)As2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany