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Brandtite & Sailaufite

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Brandtite & Sailaufite

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Description
Locality: 
Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Hösbach, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Rich specimen with lots of cavities lined with pearl-white bladed brandtite crystals in combination with white calcite and also tiny dark brown-red sailaufite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brandtite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn2+,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Sailaufite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)2Mn3+3(AsO4)2(CO3)O2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Hösbach, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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