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Babánekite & Agardite-(Y)

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Babánekite & Agardite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Elias Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Very bright pink babánekite with agardite-(Y) and rauchite on matrix. 

SEM-EDS confiremd no MA1553. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Babánekite

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Geister vein ("sv. Duch" vein), Rovnost Mine (Werner Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic...

Agardite-(Y)

Formula: 
YCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour District, Djebel Saghro (Jbel Saghro), Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco