#segnitite

Sealife or Geology?

Analcime, Five Mile Quarry, Washington, Photo by Robert O. Meyer

Carminite, Slipfontein, South Africa, Photo by ROM

Conichalcite, Talmessi Mine, Iran, Photo by Vincent Bourgoin

Agardite- (Nd), Imperial Mine, Nevada, Photo by Yaiba Sakaguchi

Segnitite, Clara Mine, Germany, Photo by IOB Sylvano

Conichalcite, Christiana Mine No 132, Greece, Photo by Alexandros Frantzis

Cuprite, Clara Mine, Germany, Photo by Gerhard Niceus

Petroleum, Quartz, Pakistan, Photo by Danny J. Sanchez

Segnitite, Mimetite

PbFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)6, Pb5(AsO4)3Cl 

Locality:

Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Field of View: 4.44 mm

A greenish mineral of the beudantite-segnitite series together with prismatic transparent yellow mimetite crystals.

Segnitite, Mimetite

PbFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)6, Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Locality:

Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Field of View: 1.31 mm

A yellow mineral of the beudantite-segnitite series on prismatic transparent light yellow mimetite crystals. 

Photo: Michael Förch 

The segnitite is a mineral belonging to the group of dussertite.  The arsenate analogue of kintoreite. Difficult to distinguish from beudantite, with which it forms a series.

Beudantite-Segnitite Series

Locality:

Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Échassières, Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France

Carminite & Segnitite

Segnitite

Segnitite