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Strengite With Triplite In Limonite

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Strengite With Triplite In Limonite

Staatl. Mineralien-Niederlage (TU) Freiberg, Saxony
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.3 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very interesting specimen with pink strengite in several vugs in a triplite-limonite-matrix. With an antique label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

Triplite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(PO4)(F,OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Chanteloube, Razès, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

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