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Strunzite

Year of discovery: 1957 (Hagendorf South pegmatite (Cornelia mine), Germany), 1988 (Japan)

Locality list: 5 localities of strunzite

• MnFe₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂,6H₂O
• [Mn²⁺][Fe³⁺₂][(OH)₂|(PO₄)₂]^8-,6H₂O

• Class: Strunzite group
• Class: Phosphate - Hydroxide - Hydrate

• Mn => Fe: Ferrostrunzite

• Color: Pale yellow, Pale yellowish brown
• Streak: Pale yellow
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Cleavage: Good
• Hardness: 4
• Density: 2.5

• System: Triclinic
• Group: (-1), P(-1)
• Lattice: a=10.2, b=9.8, c=7.3, α=90.2, β=98.4, γ=117.4