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Phosphophyllite & Schoonerite

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Phosphophyllite & Schoonerite

ex. dealer stock Peter Bosse (Kassel/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Phosphophyllite and schoonerite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphophyllite

Formula: 
Zn2Fe(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Prismatic crystals, often twinned
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf North Pegmatite (Meixner Feldspar Pit), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Schoonerite

Formula: 
ZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2·9H2O
Strunz: 
8.DB.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA