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Montebrasite & Eosphorite

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Montebrasite & Eosphorite

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Description
Locality: 
Telírio Claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.00cm
Description

a large, light yellow, lustrous montebrasite crystal; the backside is covered by brown eosphorite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Montebrasite

Formula: 
LiAl(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Montebras Mines, Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Limousin, France

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