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Petitjeanite

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Petitjeanite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

Yellow brownish petitjeanite with black metallic crystals on top. The matrix consists out of Bi.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Petitjeanite

Formula: 
Bi3(PO4)2O(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BO.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Bergweg, Gadernheim, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany