Mineral description : Hagendorfite

A nodule with dark green hagendorfite from Varuträsk.

Mineral class	Phosphates : Amblygonite - Pharmakosiderite group.
Chemical formula	(Na,Ca)(Fe,Mn)3(PO4)2
Crystal system	Monoclinic.
Habitus
Cleavage
Hardness
Density	3.71
Color
Streak
Luster
Description
Occurance	In pegmatites.
Associates	Alluaudite, Lepidolite, Tourmaline.
Notes	Type locality : Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany. First described in 1954.
Locations	A rare mineral in Sweden. Varuträsk, Västerbotten. Earlier described under the name varulite, it is now found to be hagendorfite. Found as fine grained olive-green nodules. Commonly partly transformed into alluaudite. Often mixed with tourmaline and lepidolite. Norrö pegmatite, Stockholm archipelago.

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