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Hureaulite & Rockbridgeite

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Locality: 
Cigana (Jocão), Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.5 × 3 cm
Description

Nice example with lustrous salmon pinkish hureaulite crystals with black rockbridgeite. The label states triphylite also. Note that the correct locality is not Galilea county, but Conselheiro Pena county. Interesting paragenesis specimen from a meanwhile famous phosphate pegmatite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hureaulite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

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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