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Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) & Kingsmountite

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Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) & Kingsmountite

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Description
Locality: 
Fonte da Cal Mine, Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm
Description

specimen with many very nice groups of tiny orange-yellow crystals of jahnsite-(CaMnMn) with associate a group of white crystals of kingsmountete on matrix.

c. 4155

Mineral Data
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Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{Mn2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal

Kingsmountite

Formula: 
Ca4(Fe2+,Mn2+)Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

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