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Alloclasite Spherocobaltite & Quartz

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Alloclasite Spherocobaltite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Bou Azzer Mine, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm
Description

An excellent larger specimen featuring freestanding crystals of alloclasite lying close to matrix with quartz crystals covered with tiny crystals of sphaerocobaltite.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alloclasite

Formula: 
Co1-xFexAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.10b
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Elizabeth Mine, Oraviţa (Oravicza; Orawitza), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) ore field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

Spherocobaltite

Formula: 
CoCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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