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Bortolanite

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Bortolanite

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Description
Locality: 
Bortolan Quarry, Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

specimen with some massive crystalline yellow aggregates of the very rare bortolanite on matrix, confirmed

c. 8750

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bortolanite

Formula: 
Ca2(Ca1.5Zr0.5)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5
Colour: 
Pale-yellow to brown
Type Locality: 
Bortolan Quarry, Poços de Caldas, Poços de Caldas alkaline complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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