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Phosphophyllite

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Phosphophyllite

ex. Hauser collection
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf North Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Antique specimen of phosphophyllite with a very beautiful old label. This specimen comes from the Meixner quarry it is also called Hagendorf North (!).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphophyllite

Formula: 
Zn2Fe(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Prismatic crystals, often twinned
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf North Pegmatite (Meixner Feldspar Pit), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany