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Whitmoreite Saléeite & Johnsomervilleite

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Whitmoreite Saléeite & Johnsomervilleite

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Description
Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

Yellow lemon whitmoreite tufts with lustrous saleeite and massive dark brown johnsomervilleite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whitmoreite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

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

Johnsomervilleite

Formula: 
Na10Ca6Mg18Fe25(PO4)36
Strunz: 
8.AC.50
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Loch Quoich, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK