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Oxiberaunite

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Oxiberaunite

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Description
Locality: 
Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Prismatic crystals of oxyberaunite on a limonitic matrix. Specimen obtained by exchange in 1968, at this time Eleonorite was used as species name.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eleonorite

Formula: 
Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
Group Parent: 
Beraunite Group
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3½ - 4
Colour: 
red, reddish brown
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany & Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

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