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Matulaite

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Description
Locality: 
Bachman Mine, Hellertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Colourless matulaite rosettes from the type locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Matulaite

Formula: 
(Fe3+,Al)Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.30
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Bachman Mine, Hellertown, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA