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Grischunite & Kemmlitzite

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Grischunite & Kemmlitzite

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Description
Locality: 
Falotta, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Good sample with red crystals of grischunite scattered on. It's a very rare mineral exclusive of the type locality. Scattered here and there, there are colorless "cubic" crystals of kemmlitzite. Very good specimen.

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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

Kemmlitzite

Formula: 
SrAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Kemmlitz, Mügeln, Döbeln, Saxony, Germany

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