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Ericaite

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Description
Locality: 
Riedel Potash Works, Hänigsen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Pale yellow to colorless sharp crystals of ericaite a very rare iron-borate mineral from the type locality in Riedel Potash Works.

Crystals of this quality in matrix from the type locality are rarely seen in the mineral market. Ericaite has only been found in 5-6 localities worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ericaite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(B7O13)Cl
Strunz: 
6.GA.05
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Riedel Potash Works, Hänigsen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany

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