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Strengite & Laubmannite

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Strengite & Laubmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

Showy bright purple strengite crystals associated with light brown laubmannite balls.

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

Laubmannite

Mixture Of: 

Dufrénite

Formula: 
Ca0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5

Kidwellite

Formula: 
NaFe3+9(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.20
Hardness: 
3.0

Beraunite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.27
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Formula: 
Previously published; Fe2+3Fe3+6(PO4)4(OH)12
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4
Colour: 
Brown, Greenish brown, Grayish green, Yellow green, Dark green
Streak: 
Brownish
Type Locality: 
Shady, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
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