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Vajdakite & Scorodite

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Vajdakite & Scorodite

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Description
Locality: 
Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.8 × 0.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small matrix specimen with some very rich groups and single crystals of very rare vajdakite with blue scorodite. This is material from the original find and not the more recent discovery of new material. From the Josef Vajdak and Bob Rothenberg collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vajdakite

Formula: 
[(Mo6+O2)2(H2O)2As3+2O5]·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.JC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Scorodite

Formula: 
Fe3+AsO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Langenberg, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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