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

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Cacoxenite

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

Cacoxenite, etc.

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

Cacoxenite

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

Cacoxenite

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

Cacoxenite, etc.

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

Cacoxenite

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

Cacoxenite

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

Cacoxenite, etc.

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

Cacoxenite

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

Cacoxenite

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

Classification
Locality type:	Hill
Species:	Cacoxenite
Formula:	Fe₂₄³⁺AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂ · 75H₂O
Habit:	spherical or fan-shaped aggregates, sometimes glass-like but most often consisting of radially grown acicular crystals (minute hexagonal prisms) around a usually hollow core
Colour:	bright yellow, orange, orange-brown
Confirmation
Validity:	Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:	XRD SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ferristrunzite	38
Strengite	16
Beraunite	13
Phosphosiderite	3
Rockbridgeite	2
Whitmoreite	1
Ferroberaunite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Cacoxenite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (17 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	70976
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:70976:7
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Cacoxenite

90.8km (56.4 miles)	ⓘ Beez quarry, Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Van Tassel, R. (1966) Minéraux secondaires phosphatés ferrifères (strunzite, beraunite, phosphosidérite, cacoxénite) de Blaton, Hainaut. Bulletin de la Société belge de Géologie, 75(1), 38-48. Israël, W. (1986) De fosfaatmineralen van Blaton (Henegouwen, België). Gea, 2(19), 51-56. Peacor, D.R., Dunn, P.J., Simmons, W.B., Ramik, R.A. (1987) Ferristrunzite, a new member of the strunzite group, from Blaton, Belgium. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1987, Heft 10, 453-457. 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 users.telenet.be (n.d.) http://users.telenet.be/kbsmineral/Regional/Blaton/cacoxeniet.htm www.strahlen.org (n.d.) https://www.strahlen.org/vp/be/blaton/blaton.php**

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

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