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Eleonorite Rockbridgeite & Pyrolusite

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Eleonorite Rockbridgeite & Pyrolusite

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Description
Locality: 
Gutglück Mine, Braunfels, Lahn-Dill, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.2 × 3 cm
Description

Glossy, orange-brown eleonorite in a rockbridgerite-lined vug. Silvery round spots on the outside (nice under strong magnifyiong lense) might be pyrolusite (not analyzed).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eleonorite

Formula: 
Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
Group Parent: 
Beraunite Group
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3½ - 4
Colour: 
red, reddish brown
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany & Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

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

Pyrolusite

Formula: 
MnO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 6.5

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