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Kidwellite & Strengite

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Kidwellite & Strengite

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Description
Locality: 
Eduardo Claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Pink pointed balls of strengite with and on yellow-green kidwellite and green mitridatite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kidwellite

Formula: 
NaFe3+9(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.20
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Fodderstack Mountain, Norman, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA

Strengite

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