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Ernstite

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Ernstite

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Description
Locality: 
Ponte do Piauí Claim, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.50cm
Description

A quarz Crystal on albite covered by light brown ernstite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ernstite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe3+)Al(PO4)(OH,O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Davib East Farm 61 (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia