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Messelite

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Description
Locality: 
Prinz von Hessen Mine, Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

A rich coverage of white to light tan 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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