About Roselite
A hydrated arsenate of cobalt, calcium, and magnesium, known for its rose-red to pink crystals. It's associated with heart healing, love, and emotional balance. (Arsenic content, handle with care).
Primary Hues
Rose-Red, Pink, forms prismatic crystals or drusy crusts
Geological & Scientific Details
Roselite is classified as a arsenate minerals mineral which typically crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Its chemical formula is Ca2(Co2+, Mg)[AsO4]2·H2O+. Common crystal habits include elongated crystals and spherical aggregates and druses.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Arsenate minerals
- Chemical Formula: Ca2(Co2+, Mg)[AsO4]2·H2O+
- IMA Symbol: Rsl[1]
- Crystal System: Monoclinic
- Predominant Geological Color: Dark rose red, pink
- Crystal Habit: Elongated crystals and spherical aggregates and druses
- Twinning: Common as composition plane, contact twins and fourlings
- Cleavage: {010} Perfect
- Luster: Vitreous
- Streak: Light red
Associated Minerals
- Erythrite (cobalt bloom)
- Cobaltite
- Skutterudite
- Dolomite
- Calcite (secondary mineral in cobalt-arsenic deposits)