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Phosphosiderite

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Phosphosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm
Description

Blue-violet, globular phosphosiderite crystal clusters in a vug of rockbridgeite from the famous locale in Portugal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphosiderite

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