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Leogangite

Mineral:

Leogangite: Cu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6·8(H2O)

Comments:

Cotype sample of leogangite (A. Strasser) showing the thin tabular habit parallel to (100). (Mineralogy and Petrology, 81:190).

Location:

Mine dumps of the Danielstollen and Inschlagalm in the Schwarzleo valley, both part of the polymetallic ore district of Leogang, Salzburg province, Austria.

Scale:

See Image.

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