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Florencite Phenakite & Siderite

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Florencite Phenakite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Stiepelmann Mine, Klein Spitzkopje, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3.9 × 2.2 cm
Description

Small pseudocubic brown florencite crystals with colorless prismatic phenakite crystals on quartz, siderite blades on the back

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Florencite

Synonym Of: 

Florencite-(Ce)

Formula: 
CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Florencite-(La)

Formula: 
LaAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Florencite-(Nd)

Formula: 
(Nd,La,Ce)Al3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Phenakite

Formula: 
Be2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Type Locality: 
Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White