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Mixite Baryte

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Mixite Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

Quartz matrix with a vug showing some sprays  (FOV 1.7 mm) of green acicular mixite and some small, tabular baryte. Collected 1969.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mixite

Formula: 
BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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