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Fanfaniite & Zwieselite

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Fanfaniite & Zwieselite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

Corroded Zwieselie matrix with pale , small aggregates of fanfaniite crystals. Old material which was only recently identigied.

Analysed co-type material.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fanfaniite

Formula: 
Ca4MnAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
white
Type Locality: 
East dump, Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

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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