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Pattersonite

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Description
Locality: 
Vereinigung Mine, Eisenbach, Selters, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Pattersonite the iron bearing phosphate mineral, which is actually only known from this small mine in the Taunus mountains on a limonitic quartz matrix. Very rich sample with dozens of crystals.

Mineral Data
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Pattersonite

Formula: 
PbFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.25
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Vereinigung Mine, Eisenbach, Bad Camberg, Taunus, Hesse, Germany