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Phosphophyllite & Scholzite

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Phosphophyllite & Scholzite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 6 × 7.5 cm
Description

This is a very good and old specimen of pale green and gemmy to translucent phosphphyllite crystals with white tabular scholzite crystals in a vug of the feldspar matrix.

Very good specimen from the famous pegmatite in Bavaria, Germany.

As the mine is closed since 1984 it is very hard to get such a rich and good specimen nowadays.

Ex Fritz Haller collection.

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

Scholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic or platy crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany