Rockbridgeite, Kidwellite

Specimen ID: 43V-LX2

Mineral(s)
Rockbridgeite : Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Kidwellite : NaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O, x = 0.33
Locality
Mindat locality:
Events

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Picture width 6 mm. Collection and foto Stephan Wolfsried. Dark greenish, massive radiating rockbridgeite (SXRD- and EDS-analysed by Uwe Kolitsch; originally obtained as "dufrenite") grading into pale greenish fibrous kidwellite (EDS-analysed by Uwe Kolitsch).
Stephan Wolfsried - 6th May 2007

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SEM micrograph (BSE mode) of kidwellite needles removed from the specimen for EDS analyses.
Uwe Kolitsch - 3rd December 2015

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SEM micrograph (SE mode) of kidwellite needles removed from the specimen for EDS analyses.
Uwe Kolitsch - 3rd December 2015
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