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Whiteite-(CaFeMg)

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Whiteite-(CaFeMg)

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.1 × 1 cm
Description

Group of tabular pseudo-hexagonal crystals of Whiteite-(CaFeMg) with polycrystalline surfaces, deep brown colour and typical moderate lustre. The group is a floater, free of damage, with a crystalized surface where it was the contact with the matrix. The main crystals reach 15mm, that is a good size for the species. Minor prismatic quartz crystals are also present.

Former Chris Deroo specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whiteite-(CaFeMg)

Formula: 
{Ca}{(Fe2+,Mn2+)}{Mg2}{Al2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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