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Phosphosiderite & Strengite

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Phosphosiderite & Strengite

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Description
Locality: 
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.5 × 9.8 × 5.5 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of phosphosiderite crystals associated with strengite.  Ex-Institute for Mineralogy, T.U. Berlin, 1959 (labels, including handwritten notes), acquired from Tennyson.  Purchased in 1990.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Strengite

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

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