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Qingheiite & Beusite

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Qingheiite & Beusite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Ana Pegmatite, Totoral, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm
Description

This is a very good specimen of dark green of qingheiite and pale pinkish brown masses of beusite. Qingheiite is a very rare Na,Mn,Mg,Al phosphate occurs only at few places worldwide. Beusite is a manganese-phosphate mineral, also fairly rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Qingheiite

Formula: 
NaMn3+Mg(Al,Fe3+)(PO4)3
Strunz: 
8.AC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
Palegreen
Type Locality: 
Unnamed pegmatite occurrence, Qinghe Co. (Qinggil Co.; Chinggil Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China

Beusite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+,Ca,Mg)3(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Los Aleros pegmatite, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis, Argentina

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