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Vivianite & Pyrite & Siderite & Zwieselite

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Vivianite & Pyrite & Siderite & Zwieselite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Vivianite with pyrite and siderite and zwieselite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vivianite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Kind (Wheal Kine), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Zwieselite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+)2(PO4)F
Strunz: 
8.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Birkhöhe Quarry (Birkenhöhe Quarry), Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany