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Eosphorite

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Eosphorite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

You are bidding on a fantastic thumbnail of eosphorite on rose quartz from this classic Brazilian locality. Sharp groups of eosphorite crystals to 1.8cm sit atop rose quartz with tiny zanazziite crystals inbetween. A really nice and aesthetic piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eosphorite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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