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Guimarãesite

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Guimarãesite

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Description
Locality: 
Ponte do Piauí Claim, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3 × 2.6 cm
Description

Orange guimarãesite associated with zanazziite on microcline matrix. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Guimarãesite

Formula: 
Ca2(Zn,Mg,Fe2+)5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Guimarãesite occurrence, Piauí valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil