Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Scorodite Formula: Fe3+ AsO4 · 2H2 O Comments: Some of the best examples of scorodite have come from this mine over the years, and it looks set to produce further specimens when mining starts in 2012/13. Exceptional scorodite crystals have been found to about 1cm, more usual as blue to greenish druse of crystals lining cavities to many cms in the quartz veinstone. Colour: bluish but may vary from pale leek-green to liver-brown, violet, or yellow. Quality for species: Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) Abundance at site: Common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Quartz 23 Pharmacosiderite 19 Ferberite 12 Goethite 6 Wolframite Group 5 Tourmaline 5 - var Achroite 1 Cassiterite 3 Limonite 2 Russellite 2 Plumbogummite Group 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Scorodite data Locality Data: Click here to view Hemerdon Tungsten Mine (Drakelands Mine), Sparkwell, South Hams, Devon, England, UK Photo Gallery View Gallery (118 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 9913 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:9913:4 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Scorodite
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Hemerdon Tungsten Mine, Sparkwell, South Hams, Devon, England, UK