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Eosphorite Wardite & Collinsite

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Eosphorite Wardite & Collinsite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavra de Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16 × 7 × 6.5 cm
Description

Exceptional specimen of golden brown eosphorite crystals up to 12 mm on a bed of grey-green collinsite spheres and beautiful, sharp white wardite crystals covering a huge quartz crystal.

Fantastic rich and good specimen from Armin Wendland collection.

 

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

Wardite

Formula: 
NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Collinsite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mg,Fe2+)(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Francois Lake phosphate occurrence, Francois Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada