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Beraunite

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Beraunite

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Description
Locality: 
Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.3 × 2 cm
Description

Deep red-brown and lustous beraunite crystals very rich on matrix from a classic locality in Germany.

Ex Armin Wendland collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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