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Kayrobertsonite & Mangangordonite

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Kayrobertsonite & Mangangordonite

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a really beautiful spray of kayrobertsonite on matrix with many tiny tablets of mangangordonite. This is one of the nicest kayrobertsonite micros that was uncovered when I collected the type material in 2008. 

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Kayrobertsonite

Formula: 
[MnAl2(PO4)2(OH)2(H2O)4]·2H2O
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany Or Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA...

Mangangordonite

Formula: 
Mn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

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