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B224 Road cut, Aprath castle, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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(B224 Straßenanschnitt, Schloss Aprath, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland)

Phosphate mineralizations in lower Carboniferous clay schists and siliceous shales, exposed during construction of the B 224 road in 1988/89.
Located near Aprath castle, about 8 km west of Wuppertal.

Ref.:
- Emser Hefte 1988(4), 35-40





Mineral List:
  		•  Beraunite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Emser Hefte 1988(4), 35-40]
  		•  Cacoxenite
    Fe
    3+
    24
    		Al[(OH)
     
    12
    		|O
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    17
    		] · 17H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Emser Hefte 1988(4), 35-40]
    Site Photo
    B224 Road cut, Aprath castle, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © Leon Hupperichs
  		•  Evansite ?
    Al
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|PO
     
    4
    		] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Emser Hefte 1988(4), 35-40]
  		•  Ferristrunzite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    3
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Emser Hefte 1988(4), 35-40]
    Site Photo
    B224 Road cut, Aprath castle, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © Leon Hupperichs
  		•  Strengite
    FePO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Emser Hefte 1988(4), 35-40]


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