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Ushkovite Moraesite & Beryllonite

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Ushkovite Moraesite & Beryllonite

EDS confirmed no 587
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Description
Locality: 
Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm
Description

Bright orange ushkovite associated with colourless beryllonite and acicular moraesite. 

EDS confirmed no 587. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ushkovite

Formula: 
MgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Pit No. 232, Bol'shoi Tatkul' Lake, Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Moraesite

Formula: 
Be2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Beryllonite

Formula: 
NaBePO4
Strunz: 
8.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Joe McKeen Mountain locality (McKean Farm), Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine, USA