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Strengite

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Strengite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Isolated translucent rosettes of pinkish strengite line large cavities on both sides of the specimen. The matrix is massive black hematite, the strengite has altered to cyrilovite in a couple of places.

Strengite and Cyrilovite are both uncommon to rare phosphate minerals.

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
Earthstones Australia

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