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Wallkilldellite-(Fe)

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Wallkilldellite-(Fe)

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Description
Locality: 
Roua Mines, Daluis, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Orange brown microcrystals of the extremely rare Ca-Fe arsenate mineral wallkilldellite-(Fe) from the type locality in Roua mine, and one of the only 5 localities known worldwide.

Much rarer than the Mn term, from the elusive type locality hidden in a canyon in the Southern French Alps.

Ex Dr.Hartel collection, Ex Ch.Rewitzer collection 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wallkilldellite-(Fe)

Formula: 
(Ca,Cu)4Fe2+6(AsO4,SiO4)4(OH,O)8·18H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

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