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Vivianite

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Vivianite

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Description
Locality: 
Brunita Open Pit, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.2 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
55.00gr
Description

Small but very beautiful group of vivianite crystals on a pyrite matrix from this emblematic Spanish deposit. Today the quarry is completely flooded and it is impossible to obtain more specimens.

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

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