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Zwieselite

Ex J. Kastning collection
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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

A neaerly pure sample of massive brown zwieselite with minor vivianite and triphylite.

The locality is closed since 1983.

Old material from J. Kastning collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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