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Strengite Braunite & Rockbridgeite

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Description
Locality: 
Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A showy combination specimen of phosphates from the famous Leveaniemi Iron Mine in Sweden. Lustrous, lavender Strengite spheres to 3 mm are aesthetically and richly scattered with sea-foam green spheres of Rockbridgeite to 4 mm in massive Braunite matrix. These specimens were collected in the mid-1980s and the mine is now closed.

Mineral Data
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Strengite

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

Braunite

Formula: 
Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8
Strunz: 
9.AG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Oehrenstock (Öhrenstock), Langewiesen, Ilmenau District, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany

Rockbridgeite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Midvale Mine, South Mountain, Midvale, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA

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