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Rauenthalite

Year of discovery: 1964 (Gabe Gottes mine, France), 2010 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of rauenthalite

• Ca₃(AsO₄)₂,10H₂O
• [Ca²⁺₃][(AsO₄)₂]^3-,10H₂O

• Class: Arsenate - Hydrate
• Formed on dehydration of Phaunouxite.

• 10₂O => 11H₂O: Phaunouxite

• Color: Colorless, White
• Streak: Colorless
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 2
• Density: 2.4

• System: Triclinic
• Group: (-1), P(-1)
• Lattice: a=12.6, b=12.2, c=6.2, α=89.1, β=79.7, γ=118.6