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Brianite

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Description
Locality: 
Dayton Meteorite, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm
Description

Small white microcrystals of the extremely rare mineral brianite from the type locality in Dayton meteorite and only of the three known localities worldwide (all of them meteorites).

Brianite is a Na-Ca Mg phosphate.

Mineral Data
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Brianite

Formula: 
Na2CaMg(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Dayton meteorite, Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA

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