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Cobaltkoritnigite & Erythrite

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Cobaltkoritnigite & Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Bou Azzer Mine, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 8.5 × 6.5 cm
Weight: 
237.00gr
Description

Aesthetic specimen from Morocco with a myriad of small acicular cobaltkoritnigite crystals reunited in dense radial sprays of an intense fuxia color in graduated shading (from intense fuxia to pink) associated with erythrite in gemmy prismatic crystals of excellent brightness and transparency in a beautiful and intense magenta color

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cobaltkoritnigite

Formula: 
(Co,Zn)(HAsO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Erythrite

Formula: 
Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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