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Switzerite On Scholzite

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Switzerite On Scholzite

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Description
Locality: 
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7.3 × 5.5 cm
Description

Switzerite on scholzite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Switzerite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)3(PO4)2·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Scholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic or platy crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany