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Barrandite & Cacoxenite

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Barrandite & Cacoxenite

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Description
Locality: 
Miguel Vacas Mine, Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

Barrandite with cacoxenite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barrandite

Synonym Of: 

Aluminian Strengite

Hardness: 
0.0

Ferrian Variscite

Hardness: 
0.0

Cacoxenite

Formula: 
Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic