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Hörnesite & Erythrite

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Hörnesite & Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Some colourless blades of hornesite with red erythrite ; self collected on 2010

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hörnesite

Formula: 
Mg3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Ciclova (Csiklova), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) ore field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

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