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Laueite

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Laueite

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: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample that is loaded with dozens of perfect sprays of laueite crystals on contrasting mitridatite matrix on siderite with small crystals of frondelite and minor jahnsite. Very rich and aesthetic sample from the Robert Whitmore collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Laueite

Formula: 
Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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