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Childrenite & Roscherite

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Childrenite & Roscherite

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Description
Locality: 
Poço d'Antas Claim, Piauí Valley, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

A rich coverage of brown well-formed prismatic crystals of childrenite partially covered by tiny green roscherite crystals.

An analyzed former Jordi Fabre specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Childrenite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK

Roscherite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals or platy aggregates
Hardness: 
4.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Greifenstein Rocks, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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