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Schmidite Zincoberaunite & Phosphophyllite

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Schmidite Zincoberaunite & Phosphophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Description

Brown schmidite with green zincoberaunite and pale blue phopshophyllite from the Hagendorf South pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany. 

SEM-EDS confirmed specimen. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schmidite

Formula: 
[Zn2(Fe3+,Mn2+)2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)3(H2O)6]· 2H2O
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Zincoberaunite

Formula: 
ZnFe53+(PO4)4(OH)5·6H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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