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Rockbridgeite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Leonie I Mine, Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm
Description

A very good example of rockbridgeite with a very rich coverage of lustrous well-formed dark green crystals of rockbridgeite on matrix.

Ex. Erich Laskowski collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rockbridgeite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Midvale Mine, South Mountain, Midvale, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA

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