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Guimarãesite & Elbaite

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Guimarãesite & Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 5.1 × 3.5 cm
Description

A very rich specimen featuring some green elbaite crystals that host thousands tiny , yellow crystals of guimaraesite from its type locality : Guimaraesite occourence, Piaui' valley, Taquaral; purchase in Araçuai' on 2010

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Guimarãesite

Formula: 
Ca2(Zn,Mg,Fe2+)5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Guimarãesite occurrence, Piauí valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite

Formula: 
Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...