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Strengite

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Strengite

With Antique Label
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4 × 3.6 cm
Description

The Kreuzberg Mountain near Pleystein is the premier classic German locality for strengite. This very good sample has a rich coverage of pink, dark pink to purple well-formed strengite crystals on all sides of a quartz matrix. A beautiful and nowadays hard to get German classic with a Mineralien-Niederlage der Bergakademie Freiberg 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
Cartils Minerals

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