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Strengite & Kidwellite

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Strengite & Kidwellite

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Description
Locality: 
Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a very nice small miniature with large areas of bright pink strengite crystals of several different habits lining vugs in ore with lime-green balls of kidwellite. Very nice!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

Kidwellite

Formula: 
NaFe3+9(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.20
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Fodderstack Mountain, Norman, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA

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