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Jahnsite-(NaMnMg) & Strengite

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Jahnsite-(NaMnMg) & Strengite

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Description
Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

this is a new jahnsite specie that I found in Sapucaia mine on 2012 and was analysed by A. Kampf  then published on The Canadian Mineralogist, here with pink balls of strengite

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

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany