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Phosphophyllite

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Phosphophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

This is a very good and old specimen of pale green and gemmy  phosphophyllite crystals on matrix.

Very good specimen from the famous pegmatite in Bavaria, Germany.

As the mine is closed since 1984 and it is very hard to get such a specimen nowadays.

Ex Robert Karl collection - aquired 1978

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphophyllite

Formula: 
Zn2Fe(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Prismatic crystals, often twinned
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf North Pegmatite (Meixner Feldspar Pit), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany