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Serrabrancaite & Variscite

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Serrabrancaite & Variscite

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Description
Locality: 
Eduardo Claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

Several brown balls of serrabrancaite with apple green kidwellite and pink variscite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Serrabrancaite

Formula: 
MnPO4·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema mineral province, Paraíba, Brazil

Variscite

Formula: 
AlPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Meßbach Quarry, Meßbach, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany