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Petitjeanite

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Petitjeanite

Ex Klaus Petitjean collection

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Description
Locality: 
Hohenstein, Reichenbach, Odenwald, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.2 × 2 cm
Description

Lots of dark grayish spherical clusters of petitjeanite on matrix associated with yellowish-orange acicular bismutite crystals.
A good example of this rare bismuth-phosphate from the collection of Klaus Petitjean.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Petitjeanite

Formula: 
Bi3(PO4)2O(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BO.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Bergweg, Gadernheim, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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