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Reddingite & Vivianite

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Reddingite & Vivianite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.3 × 3 cm
Description

Brown reddingite associated with phosphoferrite and blue vivanite. 

Rich and historic specimen. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Reddingite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)3(PO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.CC.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Vivianite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Kind (Wheal Kine), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK