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ß-Roselite & Roselite

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ß-Roselite & Roselite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bou Azzer Mine, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Very rich specimen of deep wine-red roselite crystals and orange-red ß-Roselite crystals associated by brown microcrystals of cobaltlotharmeyerite and green cobaltaustinite.

Beautiful and very rich specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roselite

Formula: 
Ca2(Co2+,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany