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Paravauxite Jahnsite & Strengite

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Paravauxite Jahnsite & Strengite

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Description
Locality: 
Albères Massif, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

A rich specimen featuring several orange jahnsite crystals with paravauxite and purple strengite; self collected on 2013

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paravauxite

Formula: 
Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosí Department, Bolivia

Jahnsite

Synonym Of: 

Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{Fe2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0

Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{(Mg,Fe2+)2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0

Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{Mn2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0

Jahnsite-(MnMnMn)

Formula: 
{Mn2+}{Mn2+}{Mn2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0

Strengite

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