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Faheyite

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Description
Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.1 × 1.9 cm
Description

A fragment of aquamarine crystal hosts several silky white faheyite crystals; self collected on 2010

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Faheyite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg,Na)Be2Fe2(PO4)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil