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Schäferite

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Schäferite

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Description
Locality: 
Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

 Dark brownish highly-lustery crystals up to 3 mm, in Nosean matrix. This are the finest and largest crystals of the rare Vanadate ever find.

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Schäferite

Formula: 
Ca2NaMg2(VO4)3
Strunz: 
8.AC.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany