Parasymplesite specimens for sale
1 for sale · $650 USD
2 in the gallery
Parasymplesite is a hydrated iron arsenate, typically forming elongated prismatic crystals or layered aggregates. It often displays a green to emerald color, with a vitreous to resinous luster and a somewhat delicate habit that can form tabular or acicular crystals in thin fractures and vug environments. The mineral is associated with secondary arsenate deposits, and notable examples have been recovered from Mexican localities and German mines, where fluid interactions during alteration produce well-formed specimens. Collectors prize Parasymplesite for its glassy facets, cool hues, and the way it records the chemical history of arsenic-bearing hydrothermal systems.
- Formula
- Fe2+3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Stability
- Moderately Stable
- Collector interest
- Moderate Interest
- Classification notes
- Arsenates; Strunz 08.AA
Key characteristics
- Crystal system
- monoclinic
- Mohs hardness
- 2–2.5
- Specific gravity
- 2.8–2.95
- Luster
- vitreous, pearly
- Transparency
- transparent, translucent
- Color
- colorless, green, blue
- Streak
- white, green
- Cleavage
- perfect
- Fracture
- uneven
- Crystal habit
- prismatic, bladed, acicular, radiating, massive
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Where Parasymplesite is found
Top localities
- Ojuela Mine2 specimens
- Schneeberg1 specimen
About Parasymplesite
Although not among the most common arsenates, Parasymplesite represents a distinctive niche for carbonate- and sulfate-rich assemblages that host iron arsenates. Specimens often occur in matrix with other secondary minerals, creating attractive, mineralogical contrasts. For collectors, the appeal lies in the mineral’s color and habit, the relative rarity at fine-quality crystals, and the opportunity to document a classic secondary phase from notable localities in Mexico and Germany.