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Tavorite & Triphylite

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Tavorite & Triphylite

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Description
Locality: 
Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Province, Paraiba, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm
Description

a rich specimen featuring hundreds apple green crystals of tavorite on yellow tryphilite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tavorite

Formula: 
LiFe3+(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Triphylite

Formula: 
LiFe2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hühnerkobel Mine (Hennenkobel Mine), Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany