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Waylandite & Nickelschneebergite

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Waylandite & Nickelschneebergite

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Description
Locality: 
Roter Berg, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

Grey globular crystal aggregates of waylandite, a rare Bi-Al- phosphate from the classic locality of Schneeberg, associated to brown crystalline nickelschneebergite. Nickelschneebergite has only been found in one locality worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Waylandite

Formula: 
BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Wampewo Hill, Busiiro Co. (Bushiro Co.), Wakiso District, Uganda

Nickelschneebergite

Formula: 
(Bi3+,Ca)(Ni,Co,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2·2(OH,H2O)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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