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Nordgauite & Rittmannite

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Nordgauite & Rittmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

A very good example of the rare phosphate nordgauite with white fibrous spheres and masses on zwieselite matrix and associated with light yellow crystals of rittmannite. Ex Jürgen Kastning collection.

Mineral Data
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Nordgauite

Formula: 
MnAl2(PO4)2(F,OH)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Rittmannite

Formula: 
{(Mn2+,Ca)}{Mn2+}{(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2}{(Al,Fe3+)2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal
Cartils Minerals

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