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Moraesite Zanazziite & Eosphorite

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Moraesite Zanazziite & Eosphorite

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Description
Locality: 
Pirineus Claim, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

several tufts of white moraesite on albite with some brown zanazziite clusters and light brown elongated eosphorite ; self collected on 2019

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Zanazziite

Formula: 
Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Eosphorite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA