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Brendelite

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Brendelite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm
Description

Lustrous brendelite crystals on quartz. One also finds small veins of Bi ore. Very rich specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brendelite

Formula: 
(Bi3+,Pb)2(Fe3+,Fe2+)(PO4)O2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BM.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany