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Strengite

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Strengite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

A historic example labeled as the phosphate strengite on heavy iron-rich matrix. Comes with a handwritten late 19th to early 20th century label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strengite

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