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Ludlamite & Siderite

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Ludlamite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Cabeça do Cachorro Claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm
Description

two vugs in a siderite nodule featuring hundreds apple green crystals of ludlamite on balls of siderite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ludlamite

Formula: 
(Fe,Mn,Mg)3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Jane (Falmouth Consolidated Mines), Baldhu, Kea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White