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Barbosalite

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Barbosalite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Province, Paraiba, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 3.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

Several double terminated, lustrous, black crystals of barbosalite on tryphilite; self collected on september 2015

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barbosalite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil