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Whitmoreite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Belgium
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Radial aggregates formed by several whitmoreite crystals, showing a yellow to green color, and an excellent luster. They are disposed on matrix covered by greenish-brown mitridatite and deep green needles of beraunite. From a classic phosphate Belgian occurrence where collecting is not allowed any more. 

Mineral Data
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Whitmoreite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA