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Okruschite from
Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Okruschite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Okruschite
Formula:Ca2Mn52+Be4(AsO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Arseniosiderite2
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Okruschite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:902298
Long-form Identifier:1:3:902298:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2013) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2013. CNMNC Newsletter No 18. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (8) 3249-3258 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.8.15
Chukanov, Nikita V., Möhn, Gerhard, Pekov, Igor V., Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I., Bychkova, Yana V., Gurzhiy, Vladislav V., Lorenz, Joachim A. (2014) Okruschite, Ca2Mn2+5Be4(AsO4)6(OH)4·6H2O, a new roscherite-group mineral from Sailauf, Bavaria, Germany. European Journal of Mineralogy, 26 (4) 589-595 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2014/0026-2387
 
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