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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: 
3.1 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm
Description

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

Very rare mineral from Peter Schlegel collection

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