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Sphärosiderite & Saponite

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Sphärosiderite & Saponite

ex collection Eduard Lehrieder
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Description
Locality: 
Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Description

Very good specimen with botryoidal, blueish saponite and botryoidal, dark gray-brown sphärosiderite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphärosiderite

Variety Of: 

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Saponite

Formula: 
Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.45
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lizard Point, Landewednack, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK

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