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Jungite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Jungite is an extremely rare mineral only found at the Hagendorf pegmatite.

This small specimen is one of very few existing jungite specimen and shows beautiful pale yellow jungite crystals and crystal groups on heterosite-ferrisicklerite matrix.

Rich and extremely rare specimen from my private collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jungite

Formula: 
Ca2Zn4Fe3+8(PO4)9(OH)9·16H2O
Strunz: 
8.DJ.25
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany