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Strengite & Phosphosiderite

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Strengite & Phosphosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Sharp violet strengite crystals on a bed of phosphosiderite very rich on matrix from the classic locale in Bavaria, Germany.

Very good and old specimen from Franz Bauer collection, Germany - acquired 1974 from Dr. Lebherz collection.

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

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany