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Phosphophyllite & Parascholzite

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Phosphophyllite & Parascholzite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.5 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

This is a very rich and outstanding phosphophyllite specimen from the famous Hagendorf pegmatite in Bavaria, Germany.

Very lustrous, gemmy and pale green phosphophyllite crystals covering a large vug of the feldspar matrix. With white tabular parascholzite crystals.

Old time specimen - collected 1978.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphophyllite

Formula: 
Zn2Fe(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Prismatic crystals, often twinned
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf North Pegmatite (Meixner Feldspar Pit), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Parascholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany