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Hureaulite & Reddingite

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Hureaulite & Reddingite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

This is a very beautiful specimen of gemmy and mostly double terminated hureaulite crystals with pale brown reddingite crystals and dark brown jahnsite CaMnFe crystal groups on matrix.

Very good old specimen from Dr. Lebherz collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hureaulite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

Reddingite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)3(PO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.CC.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA