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Eosphorite & Wardite

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Eosphorite & Wardite

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Description
Locality: 
Pirineus Claim, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

Brown sprays of Eosphorite and whiteish crystals of Wardite up to 1 mm large are sitting rich on matrix.

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

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