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Bjarebyite & Palermoite

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Bjarebyite & Palermoite

Sellers collection. Collected by Richard Schooner
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Description
Locality: 
Palermo 1 Mine, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small matrix specimen with rich green bjarebyite in pegmatite. There is a vug in the bjarebyite with several large partial crystals and some balls of goyazite. On the rear of the specimen is a vug containing several large palermoite crystals and some sparse light green zanazziite. A very rare and rich piece! Collected by Richard Schooner and from the Ralph Merrill collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bjarebyite

Formula: 
(Ba,Sr)(Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BH.20
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

Palermoite

Formula: 
(Li,Na)2(Sr,Ca)Al4(PO4)4(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BH.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Vertically striated prisms.
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

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