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Ruifrancoite & Meurigite-K

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Ruifrancoite & Meurigite-K

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Description
Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm
Description

Hundred brown balls of ruifrancoite with yellow balls of meurigite-K

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ruifrancoite

Formula: 
Ca22(Fe3+,Mn2+,Mg)4Be4(PO4)6(OH)4(OH,H2O)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Meurigite-K

Formula: 
KFe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·6.5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DJ.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA