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Reddingite Hureaulite & Rockbridgeite

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Reddingite Hureaulite & Rockbridgeite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm
Description

A matrix comprising small radial sprays of black rockbridgeite hosts masses of pinkish brown inetrgrown clusters of acicular reddingite & hureaulite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Reddingite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)3(PO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.CC.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Hureaulite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

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
Earthstones Australia

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