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Allanpringite & Beraunite

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Allanpringite & Beraunite

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Description
Locality: 
Mark Mine, Weinbach, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm
Description

Yellowish acicular allanpringite crystals with deep red beraunite needles

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Allanpringite

Formula: 
Fe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Mark Mine, Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

Beraunite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5·6H2O
Group Parent: 
Beraunite Group
Strunz: 
8.DC.27
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic