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Köttigite

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Köttigite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

Stunning sprays of lathe shaped blue green crystals of köttigite on matrix.

Köttigite belongs to the köttigite-parasymplesite series and is a rare mineral that can be found in oxidized zinc deposits.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Köttigite

Formula: 
Zn3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Prismatic crystals or crusts
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Vic's Vugh Minerals