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Eosphorite & Rose Quartz

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Eosphorite & Rose Quartz

ex collection Bill & Cecil Hoisington, ex collection Jeff Scovil
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Description
Locality: 
Crooker Gem Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very rare specimen with excellent eosphorite crystal groups on rose quartz crystals. Not only is eosphorite rare and sought after, little is known that the locality is one of two or three localities worldwide where rose quartz crystals could have been found - outside of Brazil.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eosphorite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Rose Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Pink

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