Erythrite

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Erythrite

Sara Alicia Mine, San Bernado, Mun De Alamos, Sonora, Mexico

Reference: 586

Unusual location - Mexico not Morocco, the find going back some 50 or so years. Bright pink to magenta fibrous acicular crystal clusters nicely contrasting with the brown matrix. A few small black botryodial patches of the rare cobalt mineral, heterogenite. Ex. Bloch collection no. 574.

Formula: Erythrite Co₃(AsO₄)₂^.8H₂O ; Heterogenite Co³⁺O(OH)

Status: Sold

Dimensions: 50x26x25mm

Size: Miniature (M)