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Atelestite

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Atelestite

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Description
Locality: 
Siebenschlehen Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.7 × 5 cm
Description

Very rich and good specimen of tiny, globular and pale yellow atelestite spheres on almost massive native bismuth matrix.

Old specimen with nice old label,

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Atelestite

Formula: 
Bi2(AsO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BO.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Neuhilfe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany