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Aerugite Bunsenite & Xanthiosite

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Aerugite Bunsenite & Xanthiosite

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Description
Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm
Description

Extremely rare yellow-green xanthiosite on darker green aerugite , and associated to brownish bunsenite, from the type locality for the three species. and only one of the two known localities worldwide for aerugite.

Three Ni mineral species and three TL in a single specimen !

No duplicates available.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aerugite

Formula: 
Ni8.5(AsO4)2As5+O8
Strunz: 
8.BC.15
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Bunsenite

Formula: 
NiO
Strunz: 
4.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Xanthiosite

Formula: 
Ni3(AsO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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