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Roscherite & Moraesite

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Roscherite & Moraesite

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Description
Locality: 
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

numerous brown balls of roscherite on moraesite, on a quarz crystal

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roscherite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals or platy aggregates
Hardness: 
4.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Greifenstein Rocks, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Moraesite

Formula: 
Be2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil