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Vivianite

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Locality: 
Anloua, Martap, Vina, Adamaoua Region, Cameroon
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.1 × 3 cm
Description

Old, uncommon greenish-blue crystal of vivianite from Anloua (Cameroon). These crystals are considered as Super African Classics, cause were discovered around 1920 and excavated by French geologists that recovered some individual crystals that up to 1.35 m and groups that surpassed 4.5 m in size.

Specimen #90, from the collection of Eudore Toussaint. Exchanged in 1959. It comes with the original old wood socle from the collection.

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Vivianite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Kind (Wheal Kine), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK

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