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Variscite Hematite Millisite & Wavellite

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Variscite Hematite Millisite & Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Cabeço da Mua Mine, Felgar, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 2.8 × 1.6 cm
Description

Spectacular sample from Cabeço da Mua mine!!!

Colorless to orange/brown variscite with wavellite, hematite and white spheroidal millisite.

Wonderful combo!

 

Collected: 
2010
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Variscite

Formula: 
AlPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Meßbach Quarry, Meßbach, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Millisite

Formula: 
(Na,K)CaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Wavellite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK