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Childrenite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

Rich specimen of gemmy golden-brown childrenite crystals with beige, globular fluorapatite on matrix.

Very nice specimen - collected 1974

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Childrenite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK