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Metaswitzerite On Triphylite

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Metaswitzerite On Triphylite

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Description
Locality: 
Jocão Pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm
Description

Glossy golden-brown metaswitzerite on brown triphyllite. Analyzed according to the original label.

There's a bit of blue visible on the pictures. If this is from the triphyllite (can happen) or if we have a third species here, I cannot say.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metaswitzerite

Formula: 
Mn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Triphylite

Formula: 
LiFe2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hühnerkobel Mine (Hennenkobel Mine), Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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