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Grischunite

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Grischunite

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Description
Locality: 
Falotta, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.4 cm
Description

Nice small orange-brown grischunite crystals from the type locality. Grischunite in well formed crystals is very rare, almost always it appears as semimassive aggregates
Only one locality known worldwide!
Very nice under the microscope.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grischunite

Formula: 
NaCa2Mn2+5Fe3+(AsO4)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Falotta, Tinizong (Tinzen), Oberhalbstein (Surses; Sursass), Albula Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland

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