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Brendelite

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Brendelite

Type locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

Small black to brown microcrystals of the very rare mineral brendelite on matrix from the type locality.

With yellow bismutoferrite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brendelite

Formula: 
(Bi3+,Pb)2(Fe3+,Fe2+)(PO4)O2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BM.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany