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Pharmacolite & Erythrite

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Pharmacolite & Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3 × 6 × 9 cm
Description

On a matrix of schist with small veinlets of Co-Ni-arsenides occur white fuzzy balls of pharmacolite with a maximum diameter of 0.7 cm.

The masses of erythrite give a good contrast to the white material.

The sample has been found during the reopening of the mine in the 1950 years at old excavations.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pharmacolite

Formula: 
Ca(HAsO4)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sophia Mine, Böckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110