Rockbridgeite from
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

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Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Rockbridgeite, etc.

Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Rockbridgeite, etc.

Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Rockbridgeite, etc.

Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Rockbridgeite, etc.

Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Rockbridgeite, etc.

Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Rockbridgeite, etc.

Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Rockbridgeite, etc.

Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Classification
Locality type:	Hill
Species:	Rockbridgeite
Formula:	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe₃³⁺(PO₄)₃(OH)₅
Habit:	radially grown bundles consisting of tiny (0.2 to 0.4mm) acicular crystals (in this case orthorhombic prisms with rectangular bases).
Confirmation
Validity:	Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:	XRD
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ferristrunzite	13
Strengite	4
Cacoxenite	2
Quartz	1
Beraunite	1
Whitmoreite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Rockbridgeite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	70978
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:70978:5
GUID (UUID V4):	0
References
Van Tassel R. (1981) Mineralogie van België - korte mededelingen, bijeengebracht door UMIBEL - Whitmoreiet, rockbridgeiet, vivianiet, bariet. Bulletin van de Belgische Vereniging voor Geologie, 90(2), 105-106. Van Tassel, R. (1981) Rockbridgéite, vivianite, whitmoréite et barite, Blaton. Bulletin de la Société belge de Géologie, 90, 105. Israël, W. (1986) De fosfaatmineralen van Blaton (Henegouwen, België). Gea, 2(19), 51-56. users.skynet.be (2001) http://users.skynet.be/rik.dillen/festr.htm *Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique* (2nd ed.) Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. perso.infonie.be (2004) http://perso.infonie.be/jose.dehove/photos/Blaton.htm www.strahlen.org (n.d.) https://www.strahlen.org/vp/be/blaton/blaton.php**

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Rockbridgeite from Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Rockbridgeite from
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium