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Triphylite Rockbridgeite

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Triphylite Rockbridgeite

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Description
Locality: 
Jocão Pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Triphylite with  rockbridgeite and other complex  phospahtes, from the famous pegmatite in Brazil.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Triphylite

Formula: 
LiFe2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hühnerkobel Mine (Hennenkobel Mine), Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Rockbridgeite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Midvale Mine, South Mountain, Midvale, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA

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