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Florencite-(Ce) & Lithiophorite

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Florencite-(Ce) & Lithiophorite

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Description
Locality: 
Lenzhahn, Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 5.2 × 4 cm
Description

Rare beige-brown florencite-(Ce) on black, "kidney-shaped" botryoidal lithiophorite.

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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