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Metaswitzerite

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Metaswitzerite

Ex. Glyn Francis
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm
Description

This rare manganese phosphate mineral occurs as thin pinkish micaceous crystals in a haematite matrix.

Quite good for the species and locality. No damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metaswitzerite

Formula: 
Mn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Gondwana Minerals