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Diadochite

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Diadochite

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Description
Locality: 
Richelle, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 7.6 × 4.4 cm
Description

A very good, massif diadochite specimen from famous, belgium location. The cabinet specimen shows the typical botryoil surface. Some area shows a striation conditional by the erosion. The diadochite is one of the last minerals, which will built on the sedimentary phosphate deposits by erosion.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diadochite

Formula: 
Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DB.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Arnsbach, Hockeroda, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany