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Xanthoxenite & Eosphorite

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Xanthoxenite & Eosphorite

Robert Whitmore collection
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Description
Locality: 
Palermo 1 Mine, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with some nice yellow groups of xanthoxenite on matrix with exceptional eosphorite crystals. Xanthoxenite from Palermo is extremely rare and samples are very hard to obtain. From the Robert Whitmore collection of Palermo specimens #206.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xanthoxenite

Formula: 
Ca4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.40
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Hühnerkobel Mine (Hennenkobel Mine), Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Eosphorite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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