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Eleonorite & Strengite

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Eleonorite & Strengite

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Description
Locality: 
Gutglück Mine, Braunfels, Lahn-Dill, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4 × 3.8 cm
Description

Very good red-brown eleonorite crystals in many vugs. The yellowish looking material in one picture is tiny strengite on eleonorite crystals.

The specimens from the Gutglück mine look much better, glossier and bigger crystals, than most of the ones from the nearby locaities in Waldgirmes.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eleonorite

Formula: 
Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
Group Parent: 
Beraunite Group
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3½ - 4
Colour: 
red, reddish brown
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany & Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

Strengite

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

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