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Allanpringite

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Allanpringite

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Description
Locality: 
Mark Mine, Weinbach, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very good sample with allanpringite crystals on matrix. Rare mineral

References: U. Kolitsch, H.-J. Bernhardt, C. L. Lengauer, G. Blaß and E. Tillmanns (2006): Allanpringite, Fe3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O, a new ferric iron phosphate from Germany, and its close relation to wavellite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 793-801.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Allanpringite

Formula: 
Fe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Mark Mine, Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany