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Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) & Phosphosiderite

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Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) & Phosphosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Albères Massif, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

A good, orange jahnsite crystal on light purple or colourless phosphosiderite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{Fe2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany