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Aerugite & Bunsenite

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Aerugite & Bunsenite

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Description
Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Two very small pieces of dark green crystal aggregates of the extremely rare nickel arsenate mineral aerugite associated to maybe minoritary bunsenite after the original label, from the type locality in Germany 

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

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