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Frondelite & Phosphosiderite

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Frondelite & Phosphosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Brown radiating frondelite crystals associated with purple botryoidal phosphosiderite richly covering the matrix on front and backside.
Type Locality for frondelite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Frondelite

Formula: 
Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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