page_title: Cacoxenite
hierarchical_section_title: Cacoxenite
caption_attribution_description: English: Cacoxenite Locality: Fort Lismeenagh, Shanagolden, County Limerick, Ireland (Locality at mindat.org) A VERY RICHLY covered specimen for the locality of golden-yellow rosettes of cacoxenite on quartz-pebble conglomerate from Ireland. Very fine material from this uncommon locality. 6.2 x 5.4 x 4.1 cm Deutsch: Kakoxen Fundort: Fort Lismeenagh, Shanagolden, County Limerick, Irland (Fundort bei mindat.org)
context_page_description: Cacoxenite is an iron aluminium phosphate mineral with formula: Fe³⁺₂₄Al(PO₄)₁₇O₆(OH)₁₂·17. It is associated with iron ores. The name comes from the Greek κăκός for "bad" or "evil" and ξένος for "guest" because the phosphorus content of cacoxenite lessens the quality of iron smelted from ore containing it.
  It was first described in 1825 for an occurrence in the Hrbek Mine, Bohemia, Czech Republic. It occurs as a secondary phase in oxidized magnetite and limonite deposits. It also occurs in novaculites and in iron and phosphorus rich sediments.
context_section_description: Cacoxenite is an iron aluminium phosphate mineral with formula: Fe³⁺₂₄Al(PO₄)₁₇O₆(OH)₁₂·17(H₂O). It is associated with iron ores. The name comes from the Greek κăκός for "bad" or "evil" and ξένος for "guest" because the phosphorus content of cacoxenite lessens the quality of iron smelted from ore containing it.
  It was first described in 1825 for an occurrence in the Hrbek Mine, Bohemia, Czech Republic. It occurs as a secondary phase in oxidized magnetite and limonite deposits. It also occurs in novaculites and in iron and phosphorus rich sediments.
caption: Cacoxenite, 6.2 x 5.4 x 4.1 cm, Fort Lismeenagh, Shanagolden, County Limerick, Ireland
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