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Vladimirite & Erythrite

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Vladimirite & Erythrite

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Description
Locality: 
Aït Ahmane, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.3 × 8.1 × 4.1 cm
Description

a large specimen that I collected in this mine, full of white tufts of vladimirite and pink tufts and crystals of erythrite ; wonderful under scope indeed !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vladimirite

Formula: 
Ca4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co deposit, Tuva Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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