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Steinmetzite

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Steinmetzite

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Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some crystals of phosphophyllite partially replaced by extremely rare steinmetzite from the Foote Mine. I only collected four samples of this mineral at the Foote Mine and the occurence was verified analytically. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Steinmetzite

Formula: 
Zn2Fe3+(PO4)2(OH) · 3H2O
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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