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Matulaite Strengite & Laueite

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Matulaite Strengite & Laueite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

White/bluish spheres of matulaite with yellow laueite and violet stengite on the matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Matulaite

Formula: 
(Fe3+,Al)Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.30
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Bachman Mine, Hellertown, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

Laueite

Formula: 
Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany