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Planerite & Vantasselite

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Planerite & Vantasselite

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Description
Locality: 
Mark Mine, Weinbach, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.1 × 2 cm
Description

Good sample of pale turquoise-blue and greenish, botryoidal planerite and white vantasselite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Planerite

Formula: 
Al6(PO4)2(HPO4)2(OH)8·4 H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Chernovskaya Mt, Chernaya River, Verkhnyaya Sysert', Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Vantasselite

Formula: 
Al4(PO4)3(OH)3·9H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.37
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bihain, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg Province, Belgium

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