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Switzerite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm
Description

With groups of switerzite crystals on dark black rockbrigeite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Switzerite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)3(PO4)2·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA