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Nontronite

ex collection Franz Bauer, Munich
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Wölsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 3.3 cm
Description

Very good sample of massive nontronite from the famous fluorite mining district in Bavaria.

Ex Franz Bauer collection and label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nontronite

Formula: 
Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France