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Lacroixite & Berlinite & Scorzalite

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Lacroixite & Berlinite & Scorzalite

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Description
Locality: 
Rusororo Pegmatite, Gatumba, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Pale grey lacroixite, intermixed with white berlinite and blue scorzalite.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lacroixite

Formula: 
NaAl(PO4)F
Strunz: 
8.BH.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Greifenstein Rocks, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Berlinite

Formula: 
AlPO4
Strunz: 
8.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Västanå Iron Mine (Westanå Mine), Näsum, Bromölla, Skåne, Sweden

Scorzalite

Formula: 
Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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