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Childrenite

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Description
Locality: 
Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Elongated single crystal of orange-pink childrenite without matrix. Transparent to translucent, with brilliance and defined terminal faces and altered prism.Very unusual for the species. From the former A. Trigo collection (Mataró).

Acquired: 
1985
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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