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Richelsdorfite & Cubanite

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Richelsdorfite & Cubanite

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Description
Locality: 
Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Pale blue crystal clusters of richelsdorfite scattered on the white quartz matrix and here and there cooper red or gray metallic, intertwining of needle-like crystals of cubanite scattered over multiple points on the matrix.

Cute specimen from a classic German location.

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Richelsdorfite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu5Sb(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Wilhelm Mine (Wechselschacht), Bauhaus, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany

Cubanite

Formula: 
CuFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.55a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba

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