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Jahnsite

Kay Robertson collection
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Description
Locality: 
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer County, South Dakota, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 3.1 × 3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a truly exceptional sample of jahnsite-CaFeMg from the Tip Top mine with beautiful, lustrous, flat bladed crystals up to 3mm in groups up to 6mm! There are also hundreds of other crystals sprinkled across the specimen. Incredibly rich sample and by far the best sample of jahnsite I've offered from the mine. Kay Robertson collection and label. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jahnsite

Synonym Of: 

Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{Fe2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0

Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{(Mg,Fe2+)2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0

Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{Mn2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0

Jahnsite-(MnMnMn)

Formula: 
{Mn2+}{Mn2+}{Mn2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0

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