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Frondelite Variscite & Saléeite

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Frondelite Variscite & Saléeite

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Description
Locality: 
Boa Vista Pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

a vug of 20 x 5 mm full of red variscite crystals with brown frondelite and minor saleeite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Frondelite

Formula: 
Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Variscite

Formula: 
AlPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Meßbach Quarry, Meßbach, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Saléeite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany