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Native Arsenic & Löllingite & Arsenolite

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Native Arsenic & Löllingite & Arsenolite

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Description
Locality: 
Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2 × 2.1 cm
Description

Native arsenic with löllingite and arsenolite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenic

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Grey

Löllingite

Formula: 
FeAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Wolfbau Mine, Lölling District, Hüttenberger Erzberg, Hüttenberg, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria

Arsenolite

Formula: 
As2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.50
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany