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Annabergite & Chloanthite & Nickeline

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Annabergite & Chloanthite & Nickeline

ex. dealer stock Peter Bosse (Kassel/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Am Dachsberg, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Annabergite with chloanthite and nickeline on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Annabergite

Formula: 
Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Teichgräber Flacher vein, Teichgräber deep adit, Kippenhain Mine (Kippenhayn Mine), Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Chloanthite

Variety Of: 

Nickelskutterudite

Formula: 
NiAs3-x
Strunz: 
2.EC.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Formula: 
NiAs2 - excess As up to As2.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5