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Matioliite Souzalite & Fluorapatite

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Matioliite Souzalite & Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Gentil Claim, Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with one vug hosting greenish-blue bladed prisms of rare matioliite with fluorapatite and crandallite. Another vug close by has very nice acicular crystals of dark green souzalite. A very rich specimen! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Matioliite

Formula: 
NaMgAl5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gentil claim, Mendes Pimentel, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Souzalite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)3(Al,Fe3+)4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.45
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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