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Pyrophyllite & Siderite

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Pyrophyllite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Apollo Mine, Raubach, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm
Description

Nice pyrophyllite in siderite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrophyllite

Formula: 
Al2(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.10
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Pyshminskoe deposit (Staro-Pyshminskoye), Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White