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Carminite & Arsenosiderite

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Carminite & Arsenosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1.2 cm
Description

red crystals of carminite with tiny bronze balls of arsenosiderite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carminite

Formula: 
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Arsenosiderite

Renamed To: 

Löllingite

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