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Leucophosphite On Rockbridgeite

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Leucophosphite On Rockbridgeite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Nice, colorless leucophosphite single crystals and a crystal group on a vug of rockbrigdeite. The matrix shows a radaiting rockbridgeite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leucophosphite

Formula: 
KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ninghanboun Hills serpentinite, Weelhamby Lake, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Rockbridgeite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Midvale Mine, South Mountain, Midvale, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA