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Vivianite

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Vivianite

in 1968, with older label
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Leonie I Mine, Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 7.1 × 5.1 cm
Description

Small greenish black crystals on typical matrix. It's discovery in 1968.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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