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Strengite & Phosphosiderite

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Strengite & Phosphosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.1 × 6.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large and exceptionally rich sample of strengite from Indian Mountain. A fracture surface hosts thousands of crystals in groups and single crystals of several different habits and generations. There are also a few small phosphosiderite crystals mixed in which is an extremely rare mineral at the locality with few samples known. There are also some radiating green spheres of dufrenite. Rich, fantastic sample!

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

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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