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Wildenauerite & Rockbridgeite

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Wildenauerite & Rockbridgeite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

New mineral: IMA No. 2017-058  Wildenauerite

Matrix of black/dark green Zn-rich rockbridgetite with spots of red-brown wildenauerite. Analysed part of co-type material found a long time ago.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wildenauerite

Formula: 
Zn(Fe3+,Mn2+)2MnFe3+(PO4)3(OH)3(H2O)6·2H2O
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Type Locality: 
Cornelia Pit, Hagendorf South, Bavaria, Germany
Isostructural with: 
Wilhelmgümbelite

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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