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Rockbridgeite & Cacoxenite

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Rockbridgeite & Cacoxenite

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Description
Locality: 
Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Heavy matrix with one face showing a nice coverage of blue/ green rockbridgeite growths in association with golden yellow cacoxenite crystals and small dark octahedral crystals, possibly magnetite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rockbridgeite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Midvale Mine, South Mountain, Midvale, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA

Cacoxenite

Formula: 
Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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