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Variscite Leucophosphite & Saléeite

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Variscite Leucophosphite & Saléeite

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Description
Locality: 
Eduardo Claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

Twelve thumbnails from this exhaust brazilian locality; in this box : Variscite(photo1), Leucophosphite (2), Saleeite (3), Strengite (4), Goethite (5), Phosphosiderite (6), Mitridatite, Bermanite, Hureaulite, Jahnsite, Cyrilovite and Frondelite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Leucophosphite

Formula: 
KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ninghanboun Hills serpentinite, Weelhamby Lake, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Saléeite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany