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Grischunite Cabalzarite & Kemmlitzite

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Grischunite Cabalzarite & Kemmlitzite

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Description
Locality: 
Falotta, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1.2 cm
Description

Good sample with dark-reddish crystals of grischunite, colorless-pale yellowish sharp cabalzarite and few colorless "cubic" crystals of kemmlitzite (fourth photo). Good specimen.

Boxed with Label
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

Cabalzarite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg,Al,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
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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