Whitmoreite from
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
| Locality type: | Hill | ||||||
| Classification | |||||||
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| Species: | Whitmoreite | ||||||
| Formula: | Fe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 4H2O | ||||||
| Comments: | First identified in June 1980. Crystals can be distinguished from similar cacoxenite crystals by their high lustre and more platy crystals (cacoxenite shows more acicular crystals with virtually no lustre). Associated with ferristrunzite clusters and/or less frequently with single beraunite crystals. | ||||||
| Habit: | (hemi)spherical aggregates up to 1mm consisting of radially grown platy twinned (identifiable by the reentrant angle at the top) crystals around a usually hollow core | ||||||
| Colour: | beige, (greenish) brown to golden yellow | ||||||
| Confirmation | |||||||
| Validity: | Confirmed | ||||||
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD | ||||||
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | |||||||
| Beraunite | ⓘ11 photos of Whitmoreite associated with Beraunite at this locality. | ||||||
| Ferristrunzite | ⓘ10 photos of Whitmoreite associated with Ferristrunzite at this locality. | ||||||
| Mitridatite | ⓘ7 photos of Whitmoreite associated with Mitridatite at this locality. | ||||||
| Strengite | ⓘ6 photos of Whitmoreite associated with Strengite at this locality. | ||||||
| Cacoxenite | ⓘ1 photo of Whitmoreite associated with Cacoxenite at this locality. | ||||||
| Rockbridgeite | ⓘ1 photo of Whitmoreite associated with Rockbridgeite at this locality. | ||||||
| Ferroberaunite | ⓘ1 photo of Whitmoreite associated with Ferroberaunite at this locality. | ||||||
| Data | |||||||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Whitmoreite data | ||||||
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium | ||||||
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (34 photos) | ||||||
| Data Identifiers | |||||||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 70979 | ||||||
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:70979:4 | ||||||
| GUID (UUID V4): | c4e32a5b-a791-4f23-96bb-fd8cbc6f6bb4 | ||||||
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Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium