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Cacoxenite Strengite & Chalcosiderite

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Cacoxenite Strengite & Chalcosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
La Paloma Mine, Zarza la Mayor, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

Waxy orange spheres and acicular aggregates of cacoxenite are pleasingly scattered over a quartz matrix associated with a lavender spheroidal aggregate of strengite and minor chalcosiderite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cacoxenite

Formula: 
Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

Chalcosiderite

Formula: 
Cu(Fe3+,Al)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
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