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Roscherite & Childrenite

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Roscherite & Childrenite

ex. dealer stock Peter Bosse (Kassel/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1 × 1.3 cm
Description

Roscherite and childrenite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roscherite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals or platy aggregates
Hardness: 
4.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Greifenstein Rocks, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Childrenite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK