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Phosphosiderite & Strengite

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Phosphosiderite & Strengite

superb sample
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

Purple strengite crystals inbetween red to pink phosphosiderite crystals up to several milimeter from a classic locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany