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Roselite (Roselith)

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Roselith
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Roselith
Bildbreite: 1,5 mm; Fundort: Bou Azzer, Bou Azza Distrilt, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate-Provinz, Region Souss-Massa-Draa (Draâ), Marokko
Copyright: Frédéric Hède (Gluon); Contribution: Hg
Location: Marokko/Drâa-Tafilalet, Region/Ouarzazate, Provinz/Amerzgane, Cercle/Ouisselsate, Caïdat/Bou Azzer Mine
Mineral: Roselite
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Roselith

Bildbreite: 1,5 mm; Fundort: Bou Azzer, Bou Azza Distrilt, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate-Provinz, Region Souss-Massa-Draa (Draâ), Marokko
Copyright: Frédéric Hède (Gluon)
Contribution: Hg 2015-02-19
Locality: Bou Azzer Mine / Ouisselsate, Caïdat / Amerzgane, Cercle / Ouarzazate, Provinz / Drâa-Tafilalet, Region / Marokko
Blockiger rotvioletter Roselith in Dolomit
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Blockiger rotvioletter Roselith in Dolomit
von Bou Azzer, Quarzazate, Marokko, BB = 2,0 mm
Copyright: husi; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A038874, Donator: Wolfgang Schönfeld
Location: Marokko/Drâa-Tafilalet, Region/Bou Azzer, Bergbaurevier
Mineral: Roselite
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Blockiger rotvioletter Roselith in Dolomit (SNr: A038874)

von Bou Azzer, Quarzazate, Marokko, BB = 2,0 mm
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: husi
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2018-07-02
Locality: Bou Azzer, Bergbaurevier / Drâa-Tafilalet, Region / Marokko
Roselith
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Roselith
Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco. Kristallgröße 2-3 mm
Copyright: skibbo; Contribution: skibbo
Location: Marokko/Drâa-Tafilalet, Region/Bou Azzer, Bergbaurevier
Mineral: Roselite
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Roselith

Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco. Kristallgröße 2-3 mm
Copyright: skibbo
Contribution: skibbo 2018-11-24
Locality: Bou Azzer, Bergbaurevier / Drâa-Tafilalet, Region / Marokko
Roselith
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Roselith
Roselith xx bis 3 mm auf weissen Quarz xx, mit unbekannten xx, vermutlich Roselith-ß oder Talmessit, vergesellschaftet
Grube Daniel, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Deutschland
Bildbreite: 7 mm
Copyright: Schluchti; Contribution: Schluchti
Collection: Schluchti
Location: Deutschland/Sachsen/Erzgebirgskreis/Lagerstätte Schneeberg/Neustädtel/Grube Daniel (Schacht 36)
Mineral: Roselite
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Roselith

Roselith xx bis 3 mm auf weissen Quarz xx, mit unbekannten xx, vermutlich Roselith-ß oder Talmessit, vergesellschaftet
Grube Daniel, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Deutschland
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Collection: Schluchti
Copyright: Schluchti
Contribution: Schluchti 2020-04-15
Locality: Grube Daniel (Schacht 36) / Neustädtel / Lagerstätte Schneeberg / Erzgebirgskreis / Sachsen / Deutschland
Roselith xx
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Roselith xx
Roselith auf Quarz ,BB etwa 2,5mm;Fundort :⚒ Wolfgangmaßen, Wolfgangmaßen-Grubenfeld, Neustädtel, Lagerstätte Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis
Copyright: Joerg M. (derhesse); Contribution: derhesse
Collection: R.Elmshäuser, Donator: EX Sammlung S.Flach ,Damme
Location: Deutschland/Sachsen/Erzgebirgskreis/Lagerstätte Schneeberg/Neustädtel/Wolfgangmaßen-Grubenfeld
Mineral: Roselite
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Roselith xx

Roselith auf Quarz ,BB etwa 2,5mm;Fundort :⚒ Wolfgangmaßen, Wolfgangmaßen-Grubenfeld, Neustädtel, Lagerstätte Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis
Collection: R.Elmshäuser
Copyright: Joerg M. (derhesse)
Contribution: derhesse 2022-04-13
Locality: Wolfgangmaßen-Grubenfeld / Neustädtel / Lagerstätte Schneeberg / Erzgebirgskreis / Sachsen / Deutschland
Roselith
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Roselith
Bildbreite: 2 mm; Fundort: Bou Azzer, Bou Azza Distrilt, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate-Provinz, Region Souss-Massa-Draa (Draâ), Marokko
Copyright: Christian Rewitzer; Contribution: Hg
Location: Marokko/Drâa-Tafilalet, Region/Ouarzazate, Provinz/Amerzgane, Cercle/Ouisselsate, Caïdat/Bou Azzer Mine
Mineral: Roselite
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Roselith

Bildbreite: 2 mm; Fundort: Bou Azzer, Bou Azza Distrilt, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate-Provinz, Region Souss-Massa-Draa (Draâ), Marokko
Copyright: Christian Rewitzer
Contribution: Hg 2009-06-25
Locality: Bou Azzer Mine / Ouisselsate, Caïdat / Amerzgane, Cercle / Ouarzazate, Provinz / Drâa-Tafilalet, Region / Marokko

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Collectors Summary

Color rosa/rosarot
Streak color blassrot
Hardness (Mohs) 3.5
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System monoklin, P21/c

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O

Chemical composition

Arsen, Calcium, Kobalt, Magnesium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 444.302257675 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 19

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca2(Co0.75Mg0.25)(AsO4)2·2H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.91

4

21.05

1.0079470

4.0317880
Oxygen

O

36.01

10

52.63

15.9994300

159.9943000
Magnesium

Mg

1.37

0.25

1.32

24.3050600

6.0762650
Calcium

Ca

18.04

2

10.53

40.0784000

80.1568000
Cobalt

Co

9.95

0.75

3.95

58.9332009

44.1999007
Arsenic

As

33.73

2

10.53

74.9216020

149.8432040

Analysis wt%

CaO : 25.17, MgO : 4.22, CoO : 10.03, As2O5 : 52.41, H2O : 8.22 (Ref: Dana, 7th ed. 2)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.CG.10

8: Phosphate, Arsenate, Vanadate
C: Phosphate ohne weitere Anionen, mit H2O
G: Mit großen und mittelgroßen Kationen, RO4:H2O = 1:1
10:Roselith-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VII/C.17-100

VII: PHOSPHATE, ARSENATE UND VANADATE ("Phosphate" des Registers immer einschließlich isotyper Arsenate und Vanadate!)
C: Wasserhaltige Phosphate, ohne fremde Anionen
17: Mittelgroße und große Kationen: Fe-Mn-Zn-Mg und Ca-(NH4) 1+; Fairfieldit-Roselith-Reihe

Classification by Hölzel

8.CD.910

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
C: Phosphates (-Anions +Water)
D: Phosphates, Valency: 1,2 for large, 2 for medsized Cations
9: very large: 2, large/medium=2/1, monoclinic Roselite-Group

Dana 8th edition

40.02.03.01

40: Hydrated Phosphates, etc
02: Hydrated Phosphates, etc where A++ (B++)2 (XO4) · x(H2O)
03: Roselite Subgroup (Monoclinic: P21/c)

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Roselite group

Optical Properties

Color

rosa/rosarot

Streak color

blassrot

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.02
Birefringence chart\! Roselite title=Birefringence chart Roselite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.71

RI value β

1.72

RI value γ / ε

1.73

Ri mean

1.720

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 68°!

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/c

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.61

Cell parameters b (Å)

12.83

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.61

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.437

Cell parameters c/b

0.437

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

100.75

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

396.701

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

6.444(20),
5.089(20),
3.746(10),
3.395(30),
3.354(60),
3.222(70),
2.993(100),
2.763(50)
XRD chart Roselite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

3.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

130 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.69

3.719 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Deutschland/Sachsen/Erzgebirgskreis/Lagerstätte Schneeberg

Preface

Occurrences

selten ++

Author (Name, Year)

Lévy, 1824

References

Zapiski Vserossiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva 130 (2001) (4), 10

IMA group assignments

 
Roselite group
 
 
 

 
 
Brandtite
Ca2(Mn,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
monoklin
P21/c

 
 
Dobšináite
Ca2Ca(AsO4)2⋅2H2O
monoklin
P21/c

 
 
Kröhnkite
Na2Cu(SO4)2· 2H2O
monoklin
P21/c

 
 
Roselite
Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
monoklin
P21/c

 
 
Rruffite
CuCa2(AsO4)2·2H2O
monoklin
P21/c

 
 
Unnamed (Fe2 -analogue of Brandtite)
Ca2Fe2+(AsO4)2·2H2O
 
 

 
 
Wendwilsonite
Ca2(Mg,Co)(AsO4)2·2H2O
monoklin
P21/c

 
 
Zincroselite
Ca2Zn(AsO4)2·2H2O
monoklin
P21/c

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Russian

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Japanese

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Alternative Name

Roselit

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Rsl

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) hNuHxxoUr0ywezMI8dCdIw
GUID (Global unique identifier) C787DB84-141A-4CAF-B07B-3308F1D09D23
Database ID 3309