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Florencite-(Ce) & Lithiophorite

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Florencite-(Ce) & Lithiophorite

self-collected by Michael Schur
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lenzhahn, Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very rich sample of those rare minerals for which this quarry was famous (long closed now). Orange-brown crusts of florencite-ce and kidney-ore-shaped lithiophorite on quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Florencite-(Ce)

Formula: 
CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Mata dos Crioulos (Matta dos Creoulos), Santo Antônio do Itambé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lithiophorite

Formula: 
(Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FE.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Spitzleithe, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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