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Formula: ZnZn3Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H22O)7.2H2O
Hydrated phosphate, zinc-bearing mineral
Specific gravity: 2.89, 2.84 calculated
Streak: Buff
Colour: Bright orange red to dark maroon red
Environments
Flurlite is a relatively new mineral, approved in 2014 and to date (July 2022) reported only from the type
locality.
Localities
At the type locality, the Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper
Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, flurlite occurs in the zoned
granitic phosphate
pegmatite as ultrathin (<1 μm) translucent platelets that form
characteristic twisted bright orange red to dark maroon red accordion-like aggregates on
mitridatite.
Flurlite is a secondary mineral probably formed from the
hydrothermal reaction of zinc-bearing fluids with
primary
iron phosphate minerals
(triphylite or zwieselite).
Associated minerals include mitridatite,
plimerite, beraunite,
schoonerite, parascholzite,
robertsite and altered
phosphophyllite
(MM 79.1175-1184, HOM).
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