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Strengite Cacoxenite Natrodufrénite & Apatite

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Strengite Cacoxenite Natrodufrénite & Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
La Paloma Mine, Zarza la Mayor, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

A assemblage of deep violet strengite crystal groups richly associated with hundreds of tiny cacoxenite balls dusting the matrix, white-colorless apatite crystals and a single natrodufrénite group at the back.

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

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

Natrodufrénite

Formula: 
NaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Pluherlin Castle, Rochefort-en-Terre, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5
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