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Souzalite & Greifensteinite

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Souzalite & Greifensteinite

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Description
Locality: 
Gentil Claim, Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

wonderful tiny, light brown greifensteinite hosted in green tufts of souzalite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Souzalite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)3(Al,Fe3+)4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.45
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Greifensteinite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Greifenstein Rocks, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany