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Mangangordonite Fairfieldite & Strengite

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Mangangordonite Fairfieldite & Strengite

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Description
Locality: 
Albères Massif, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

some white and orange mangangordonite crystals on matrix with cream fairfiledite and pink balls of strengite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mangangordonite

Formula: 
Mn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Fairfieldite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn2+,Fe2+)(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, 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