Ferrolaueite
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Ferrolaueite
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- Size
- 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm - Thumbnail
- Formula
- Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O (RRUFF)
- Locality
- My Creek locality, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, United States
- Tagged
- phosphate
A small 1cm specimen with two micro, less than 1mm, crystals of orange Ferrolaueite. Ferrolaueite is a very rare iron phosphate occuring in five localities worldwide. All but one localities are pegmatites. Ferrolaueite was finally described in 2012. This specimen, as stated on the Excalibur label, is ex. Curt Segeler (Segelerite), one of the authors. It is from the type locality.
Type Locality
Ferrolaueite
- Formula
- Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
- Crystal System
- Triclinic
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Color
- brownish yellow, light yellow
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Triclinic
- Hardness
- 3
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Dr. Buford L. Nichols Collection
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