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Krettnichite

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Description
Locality: 
Manganese Mine, Krettnich, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

specimen with a very nice gray crystal with oblique termination of krettnichite on matrix from the type locality.

c. 5766

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Krettnichite

Formula: 
(Pb,Sr)(Mn3+,Co)2(VO4)2·2(OH,H2O)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Manganese mine (incl. Johann Shaft; Jakob Adit), Krettnich, Wadern, Saarland, Germany

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