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Messelite

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Description
Locality: 
Prinz von Hessen Mine, Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 6.3 × 1 cm
Description

Bituminous slate, full of messelite crystal aggregates. Very fine crystals, partly coated with clay.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Messelite

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe2+,Mn2+)(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Messel Mine, Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

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