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Lithiophilite & Heterosite

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Lithiophilite & Heterosite

ex. Collection Dr. Winfried Böhmer (Wunstorf/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde Area, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 6.9 × 3.1 cm
Description

Heterosite-lithiophilite mixture

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lithiophilite

Formula: 
LiMn2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Heterosite

Formula: 
(Fe3+,Mn3+)PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France