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Ferristrunzite & Cacoxenite

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Ferristrunzite & Cacoxenite

Discovery 1988-1989, ex coll. Weidenhausen
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
B224 Roadcut, Aprath Castle, Düsseldorf, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 3.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

The specimen shows good acicular groups of ferristrunzite with yellow balls of cacoxenite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Cacoxenite

Formula: 
Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic