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Gatumbaite & Burangaite

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Gatumbaite & Burangaite

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Description
Locality: 
Buranga Pegmatite, Gatumba, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.2 × 2 cm
Description

Blue burangaite crystals associated to white gatumbaite from the type locality for both minerals.

Associated mineral after the label is brazilianite but this species could not be identified in the specimen.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gatumbaite

Formula: 
CaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DJ.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
white
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

Burangaite

Formula: 
NaFe2+Al5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

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