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Ferristrunzite Whitmoreite & Beraunite

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Ferristrunzite Whitmoreite & Beraunite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Belgium
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm
Description

Radiating acicular beige ferristrunzite (type locality) crystals, brown balls of whitmoreite and dark greenish beraunite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferristrunzite

Formula: 
Fe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.25
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Mons, Hainaut Province (Henegouwen; Hennegau), Belgium

Whitmoreite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

Beraunite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5·6H2O
Group Parent: 
Beraunite Group
Strunz: 
8.DC.27
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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