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Herderite

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Herderite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 4.3 × 1.8 cm
Description

White gemmy herderite crystals very rich on quartz matrix.

Very good old time specimen from the Naturhistoric Museum Stockholm.

With nice old label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Herderite

Formula: 
CaBePO4(F,OH)
Strunz: 
8.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany