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Jahnsite-(NaMnMg) & Frondelite

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Jahnsite-(NaMnMg) & Frondelite

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Description
Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.4 × 0.2 cm
Description

a cluster of lemon yellow jahnsite-(NaMnMg) , a new jahnsite that I discovered in Sapucaia's dump on 2012 and was analysed by Tony Kampf

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jahnsite-(NaMnMg)

Formula: 
{(Na,Ca)}{(Mn2+,Fe3+)}{(Mg,Fe3+)2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Frondelite

Formula: 
Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil