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Strengite & Xanthoxenite

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Strengite & Xanthoxenite

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Description
Locality: 
Albères Massif, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Numerous violet balls of strengite with yellow-green massive xanthoxenite

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

Xanthoxenite

Formula: 
Ca4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.40
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Hühnerkobel Mine (Hennenkobel Mine), Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany