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Florencite & Lithiophorite

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Florencite & Lithiophorite

ex collection Dr. Michael Schur
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lenzhahn, Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

Big specimen with orange-brown crusts of florencite and black, kidney-ore-like lithiophorite on quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Florencite

Synonym Of: 

Florencite-(Ce)

Formula: 
CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Florencite-(La)

Formula: 
LaAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Florencite-(Nd)

Formula: 
(Nd,La,Ce)Al3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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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