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Parasymplesite & Arsenosiderite

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Parasymplesite & Arsenosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with very rich sprays of parasymplesite crystals on matrix with balls of arsenosiderite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Parasymplesite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Kiura mine (Shin-Kiura mine; Kiura emery mine), Saiki City, Oita prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

Arsenosiderite

Renamed To: 

Löllingite

Formula: 
FeAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

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