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Strengite Beraunite & Rockbridgeite

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Strengite Beraunite & Rockbridgeite

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Description
Locality: 
Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very beautiful specimen with purple strengite, green beraunite balls and black-green rockbridgeite crystals.

The strengite is a little more reddish in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

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

Rockbridgeite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Midvale Mine, South Mountain, Midvale, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA

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