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Kintoreite & Dufrénite

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Kintoreite & Dufrénite

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Description
Locality: 
Adolphine Mine, Oberkleinich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

This is a rich speciem from this uncommon locality with brown coloured crystals of Kintoreite up to 0.5 mm diameter sitting rich on Dufrenite and Limonite. Rare Parageneses.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kintoreite

Formula: 
PbFe3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Dufrénite

Formula: 
Ca0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Anglar, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

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