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Pattersonite

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Description
Locality: 
Vereinigung Mine, Eisenbach, Selters, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.2 × 0.4 cm
Description

From the Type Locality, a small reference sample of pattersonite. The very rare lead-iron-phosphate pattersonite was discovered in 2005 and named for crystallographer Arthur Patterson. This sample has a yellow to yellowish green tiny tabular crystals and masses of pattersonite on the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pattersonite

Formula: 
PbFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.25
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Vereinigung Mine, Eisenbach, Bad Camberg, Taunus, Hesse, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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