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Metaswitzerite Correianevesite & Vivianite

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Metaswitzerite Correianevesite & Vivianite

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Description
Locality: 
Cigana (Jocão), Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

tiny white tufts of metaswitzerite on brown correianevesite and blue vivianite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metaswitzerite

Formula: 
Mn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Correianevesite

Formula: 
Fe2+Mn2+2(PO4)2·3H2O
Hardness: 
3.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jocão pegmatite (Cigana claim), Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Vivianite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Kind (Wheal Kine), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK