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Herderite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Virgem Da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.70cm
Description

A huge, pale violet and well terminated herderite crystal on small feldspar matrix.

Very good old time specimen from Armin Wendland collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Herderite

Formula: 
CaBePO4(F,OH)
Strunz: 
8.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany