Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Error message

You are not currently authorised to view that page. Please make sure you are logged in and try again. If the problem continues please contact [email protected].

Ferristrunzite

Views:
Watches:
PDM649488

Ferristrunzite

Type Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4.9 × 2.2 cm
Description

Radial aggregates of straw-yellow coloured acicular crystals of ferristrunzite from the type locality. The shale matrix is richly covered on both sides, associated to some dark green radial aggregates of beraunite, and minor orange-yellow cacoxenite.

A very good size specimen collected before 1980 by Joseph Verbist.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferristrunzite

Formula: 
Fe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.25
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Mons, Hainaut Province (Henegouwen; Hennegau), Belgium

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps