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Cobaltite With Erythrite

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Cobaltite With Erythrite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Wingertshardt Mine, Katzwinkel, Wissen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Another specimen with antique Isaac Walker label, dated 1827! 'Arsenical nickel with cobalt' probably means cobaltite (combination of cube and octahedron), minor purple erythrite is also present. The 'C' letter is a code for specimens with origin Alexander Crichton collection. The symbols bottom-left are a price code which is not decrypted until today...
Weight: 55 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cobaltite

Formula: 
CoAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
Hardness: 
5.5

Erythrite

Formula: 
Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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