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Perloffite

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Perloffite

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Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm
Description

Perloffite is a very rare barium-manganese-iron phosphate. It occurs as dark brown crystals and massive inclusions in matrix. Perloffite occurs only at few places worldwide.

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Perloffite

Formula: 
Ba(Mn2+,Fe2+)2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BH.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Big Chief Mine (Johnson pegmatite), Glendale, Keystone District, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA
Loranth Minerals

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