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Childrenite

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Description
Locality: 
Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.4 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Lustrous radial groups with a development and size that is bigger than usual for the locality. The prisms, very flattened, have good colour and lustre.

Acquired in 1993. Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens specimen, #819.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Childrenite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK

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