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Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Bieber, Biebergemünd, Main-Kinzig, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Rich sample of erythrite from "Lochborn mine". An old mining area close to the city of gelnhausen, which first activities are dated back to 1542. The major mining activity was between 1731-1869. Nowadays the dumps are nature protection area and collecting is strictly prohibited.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Erythrite

Formula: 
Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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