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Wardite & Rose Quartz

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Wardite & Rose Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Some white wardite crystals on rose quartz, perfectly crystallized, from Arqueana mine, Taquaral; a new find from an uncommon locality; purchased this year in Taquaral

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wardite

Formula: 
NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Rose Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Pink