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Benyacarite & Waylandite

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Benyacarite & Waylandite

SEM-EDS confirmed specimen

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

Colourless SEM-EDS confirmed benyacarite associated with greenockite, Cd rich sphalerite, bismuthinite and waylandite as an oxidation product. 

Analysis attached to the analysis section. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Benyacarite

Formula: 
(H2O,K)2(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Fe3+,Ti)2Ti(PO4)4(O,F)2·14H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
El Criollo Mine, Cerro Blanco pegmatite district, Tanti, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina

Waylandite

Formula: 
BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Wampewo Hill, Busiiro Co. (Bushiro Co.), Wakiso District, Uganda
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Benyacarite & Waylandite
Analysis Report - only: Benyacarite & Waylandite
Analysis Report - only: Benyacarite & Waylandite