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Whitmoreite & Ferristrunzite

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Whitmoreite & Ferristrunzite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Belgium
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.3 × 1 cm
Description

Whitmoreite built up here radiating groups of light green crystals. Together with a reddish yellow ferristrunzite on devonian black schist.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whitmoreite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

Ferristrunzite

Formula: 
Fe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.25
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Mons, Hainaut Province (Henegouwen; Hennegau), Belgium