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Flurlite

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Flurlite

EDS / XRD analysed
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

Flurlite is a new ZnMnFe-Phosphate from Hagendorf mine - published 2014. Only very few specimen are reported from this extremely rare species.

Flurlite forms red-brown tabular microcrystals on a bed of green beraunite and minor pale yellow Jungite crystals.
This is a small but very rich specimen of an absolutely rarity from Hagendorf.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Flurlite

Formula: 
Zn3Mn2+Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2 · 9H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
Bright orange red to dark maroon red
Streak: 
Buff
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany