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Ushkovite

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Ushkovite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.8 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.15cm
Description

Honeybrown to yellowbrown small crystals of ushkovite on one side of a gemmy quartz crystal.

Ex Carlos Barbosa specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ushkovite

Formula: 
MgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Pit No. 232, Bol'shoi Tatkul' Lake, Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...