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Roscherite, etc.

Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Roscherite, etc.

Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Roscherite

Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Roscherite, etc.

Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Roscherite, etc.

Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Roscherite

Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Roscherite, etc.

Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Roscherite, etc.

Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Roscherite

Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Locality type:

Outcrop

Classification

Species:

Roscherite

Formula:

Ca₂Mn₅²⁺Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄ · 6H₂O

Confirmation

Validity:

Valid - Type Locality

Associated Minerals:

Associates:

Eosphorite
Lacroixite
Morinite

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Viitaniemiite

ⓘ3 photos of Roscherite associated with Viitaniemiite at this locality.

Childrenite

ⓘ1 photo of Roscherite associated with Childrenite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

95452

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:95452:5

GUID (UUID V4):

da6386bb-f58b-438f-9abc-2361d94e5d06

Nearest other occurrences of Roscherite

54.1km (33.6 miles)

ⓘ Sadisdorf, Dippoldiswalde, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/lacroixite.pdf)

Slavik, F. (1914) Neue Phosphate vom Greifenstein bei Ehrenfriedersdorf. Bulletin international de l’ Académie des Sciences de Bohème: 19: 1-16.

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*(2023) Roscherite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America*	Report (issue)
	Ca(Mn2+ , Fe2+ )3 Be2 (PO4 )3 (OH)3 • 2H2 O Roscherite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version...59.5(5.0)0 Z = 4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Greifensteine, Germany; close to zanazziite. 5.95 (10), 9.51 (9)...80 0.70 Total [100.00] 99.80 98.33 (1) Greifensteine, Germany; BeO originally determined as Al2 O3 ....lacroixite, eosphorite, apatite, tourmaline (Greifensteine, Germany); frondelite, faheyite, beryl, muscovite...Brazil). Distribution: On the Greifensteine, near Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany. In the Gunnislake Clitters
	*(2023) Lacroixite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America*	Report (issue)
	β = 115.47◦ Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Greifensteine, Germany. 3.155 (100), 2.895 (98), 2.476 (57), 4...43.30 31.09 18.90 11.59 4.88 100.00 (1) Greifensteine, Germany; by electron microprobe; (OH)1− absent...NaAl(PO4 )F. Occurrence: In druses in granite (Greifensteine, Germany); an alteration product rimming natromontebrasite...apatite, childrenite, roscherite, feldspar, tourmaline, quartz (Greifensteine, Germany); montebrasite, scorzalite...Koppar quarry,] on the Greifensteine, near Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany. At Lázně Kynzvart, near
	*(2023) Viitaniemiite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America*	Report (issue)
	pegmatite, Finland); in druses in granite (Greifensteine, Germany). Association: Eosphorite, fluorapatite...morinite, apatite, childrenite, roscherite, tourmaline (Greifensteine, Germany); cryolite, fluorite, weloganite...Eräjärvi, Finland. On the Greifensteine, near Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany. In the Francon quarry
	*Bernard, Jan, Hyršl, Jaroslav (2004) Minerals and their Localities* (1st ed.) Granit, Prague.**	Book (edition)
	the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur...the Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany, and many localities in the Alps, e.g. on Grossgreiner...89°59',Z =4. d: 12.8(10)-65(7)- hills, Baden, Germany. Most common occurrences in 4.4 6) - 43(6) - 257(6)

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Roscherite from Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Roscherite from
Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany