Vivianite from Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany

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Clear to pale greenish crystals of phosphophyllite measuring to 0.3 cm in size on matrix with jungite, kryzhanovite, hureaulite and vivianite. the specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Eric Laskowski, as well as to other antique labels, one from Ward's Natural Science Establishment in the other from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.Hagendorf, located in northeastern Bavaria, Germany, is home to a world-famous granitic pegmatite deposit hosted within crystalline rocks of the region. Originally mined for feldspar and lithium-bearing minerals beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing through the mid-twentieth century, the site became globally renowned for its exceptional wealth of primary and secondary phosphate minerals. Today, it remains an iconic locality for mineral collectors and researchers studying complex phosphate-bearing pegmatites due to its vast diversity of unique mineral species.