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Eosphorite Väyrynenite

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Eosphorite Väyrynenite

ex. Dr. Konnunaho collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Eräjärvi Area, Orivesi, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 9.5 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
600.00gr
Description

Very good brown eosphorite on smokey quartz and white kaoline rich pegmatite matrix. Some red dots of pink väyrynenite are also visible. These kind of phosphate items are quite rare from this historical location.

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

Väyrynenite

Formula: 
Mn2+Be(PO4)(OH,F)
Strunz: 
8.BA.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland

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