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Gordonite & Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)

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Gordonite & Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)

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Description
Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Some white and orange gordonite crystals with yellow-brown jahnsite tufts

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gordonite

Formula: 
MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{Fe2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA