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Kaatialaite

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Kaatialaite

Roy Kristiansen collection. Holotype specimen
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Description
Locality: 
Kaatiala Pegmatite, Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, Finland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.3 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on an extremely rare holotype specimen of kaatialaite as white crystals on arsenopyrite from the type locality at the Kaatiala Pegmatite. A very rare specimen for collectors of type locality minerals. Former Roy Kristiansen collection and from my personal collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kaatialaite

Formula: 
Fe(H2AsO4)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kaatiala pegmatite, Kuortane, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland

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