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Grischunite

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Grischunite

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Description
Locality: 
Falotta, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm
Description

Orange microaggregates of the very rare Mn arsenate mineral from the TL in Falotta.

Only one locality known worldwide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

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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