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Strengite & Beraunite

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Strengite & Beraunite

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Description
Locality: 
Fonte da Cal Mine, Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.8 × 3.3 cm
Description

Fantastic beraunite sample from the framous Fonte da Cal Mine (Bendada).

Lots of orange 'urchins' associated to magenta strengite, cryptomelane and strunzite.

A true pleasure to be observed under the scope.

Collected: 
2007
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

Beraunite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5·6H2O
Group Parent: 
Beraunite Group
Strunz: 
8.DC.27
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic