Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Whiteite-(MnFeMg) & Hureaulite

Views:
Watches:
SER654965

Whiteite-(MnFeMg) & Hureaulite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Eduardo Claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm
Description

A very rich specimen featuring two vugs filled with light brown whiteite tufts and crystals and pink hureaulite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whiteite-(MnFeMg)

Formula: 
{(Mn2+,Ca)}{(Fe2+,Mn2+)}{Mg2}{Al2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Hureaulite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France