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Mélonjosephite & Barbosalite

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Mélonjosephite & Barbosalite

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Description
Locality: 
Sandamap Pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Tiny square, platy crystals on melonjosephite on tavorite with black, pointed barbosalite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mélonjosephite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Greenish
Type Locality: 
Angarf-South pegmatite, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

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