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Messelite

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Description
Locality: 
Prinz von Hessen Mine, Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1.6 cm
Description

A rich coverage of tan to light brown acicular rosettes of messelite in oil shale matrix  from the type locality.

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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