Keckite
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Keckite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- CaMn2+(Fe3+Mn2+)Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·7H2O (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Hagendorf-Süd, Oberpfälzer Wald, Bavaria, Germany
- Tagged
- phosphate , pegmatite mineral
Keckite falls within the Jahnsite group, and this is the type locality. Although the photos are poor, you can at least see many glassy yellow, somewhat prismatic crystals of Keckite in a large vug.
Type Locality
Keckite
- Formula
- CaMn2+(Fe3+Mn2+)Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·7H2O
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Fan Shaped
- Cleavage
- Poor, Indistinct, None
- Luster
- Earthy (Dull)
- Color
- brown, gray brown, yellow brown
- Streak
- yellow white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Flexible
- Hardness
- 4.5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Dr. Buford Nichols Collection
- Special Info
- Type Locality
- Mineralpedia
- View Keckite
- On Dakota Matrix
- Previously Sold Keckite
- On Dakota Matrix
- Other Available Keckite
- WebMineral
- View Keckite
- Mindat
- View Keckite
