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Pucherite & Schumacherite

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Pucherite & Schumacherite

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Description
Locality: 
Alexander Shaft, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 5.4 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
78.00gr
Description

A quartz matrix very rich in superb lustrous reddish-brown pucherite crystals and yellow-green schumacherite patches from the Alexander shaft. This shaft is located very close to the Pucher shaft, both in the Wolfgang Maaßen mines (Schneeberg).

A real German classic.

Ex A.Gelders specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pucherite

Formula: 
Bi(VO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.40
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Schumacherite

Formula: 
Bi3(VO4)2O(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BO.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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