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Atencioite

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Atencioite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Poço d'Antas Claim, Piauí Valley, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very rich specimen of sharp, translucent, olivegreen atencioite crystals on matrix. With minor Childrenite crystals.

Atencioite is PXRD confirmed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Atencioite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+3Mg2Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil