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Rittmannite

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Rittmannite

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Locality: 
Fonte da Cal Mine, Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

specimen with some yellowish fantastic prismatic crystals of rittmannite on matrix. present also not in photo white aggregate of kastningite

c. 4145

Mineral Data
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Rittmannite

Formula: 
{(Mn2+,Ca)}{Mn2+}{(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2}{(Al,Fe3+)2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal

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