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Robertsite Frondelite & Nontronite

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Robertsite Frondelite & Nontronite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

Robertsite & frondelite and nontronite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Robertsite

Formula: 
Ca3Mn3+4(PO4)3O2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.30
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Red-brown
Type Locality: 
Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

Frondelite

Formula: 
Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Nontronite

Formula: 
Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France