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Triploidite

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Triploidite

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Description
Locality: 
Capoeira 1 Pegmatite, Parelhas, Borborema Province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.2 × 1 cm
Description

Nice triploidite in matrix
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Triploidite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.15
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA