Strunzite

Formula: MnFe2(PO4)2(OH)2.6H2O

Origin of name: for Hugo Strunz, German mineralogist

 

Crystal system: triclinic

Crystal class: -1

Twinning: on {100}

Unit cell: a = 10.23 Å, b = 9.84 Å, c = 7.29 Å, a = 90.2°, b = 98.4°, g = 117.4°

 

Colour: straw-yellow to brownish yellow

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Habit: crystals hair-like or lath-like, tiny, in tufts and felted coatings

Hardness

Specific gravity: 2.47 to 2.56

Cleavage: none

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Comments: trimorphous with laueite and stewartite

 

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