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Lithiophilite & Rockbridgeite

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Lithiophilite & Rockbridgeite

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Description
Locality: 
Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Yellow, glassy lithiophilite on black rockbridgeite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lithiophilite

Formula: 
LiMn2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Rockbridgeite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Midvale Mine, South Mountain, Midvale, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA