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Kidwellite from
Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany


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Kidwellite

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
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Kidwellite

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
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Kidwellite, etc.

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
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Kidwellite, etc.

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
02647860017362095062292.jpg
Kidwellite

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
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Kidwellite

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
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Kidwellite, etc.

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
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Kidwellite, etc.

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
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Kidwellite

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
07674210017272022833846.jpg
Kidwellite

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
04168300017272022849256.jpg
Kidwellite, etc.

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
00220170017272022863451.jpg
Kidwellite, etc.

Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kidwellite
Formula:NaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11 · 3H2O, x = 0.33
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Beraunite7
Cacoxenite5
Strengite5
Dufrénite1
Goethite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kidwellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (13 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:113403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:113403:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kidwellite
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘMark Mine, Weinbach, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
43.8km (27.2 miles) ⓘBirkenkopf quarry, Mensfelden, Hünfelden, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
47.8km (29.7 miles) ⓘHollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘJacobssegen mine, Bremthal, Eppstein, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
57.0km (35.4 miles) ⓘSchöne Aussicht Mine, Dernbach, Wirges, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
73.1km (45.4 miles) ⓘLouise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
93.6km (58.1 miles) ⓘDavid Mine (Christiansglück Mine), Warstein, Soest, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
References
Weiß, Stefan (1990) Mineralfundstellen Atlas Deutschland West. Christian Weise Verlag, Munich, Germany. 320pp.
 
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