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Heterosite

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Description
Locality: 
Sandamap Pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.9 × 3.3 cm
Weight: 
68.00gr
Description

Massive laminated sample of shiny purple heterosite. These purple coloured samples have been usually labelled as “purpurite”, but this phosphate has never been reported on analyses from the Sandamab pegmatite.

Ex. Wolfgang Henkel; Ex. A.Gelders #139.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Heterosite

Formula: 
(Fe3+,Mn3+)PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

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